Mutual Life Ins. v. Logan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon. The action was brought by Lysander S. Logan, the' defendant in error, as executor of the last will and testament of Thomas J. Logan, deceased, to recover 810,000 and interest, alleged to be due upon a certain policy of insurance claimed ta have been issued by plaintiff In error, the Mutual Life Insurance Company oí New York, upon the life of Thomas J. Logan.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon. The action was brought by Lysander S. Logan, the' defendant in error, as executor of the last will and testament of Thomas J. Logan, deceased, to recover 810,000 and interest, alleged to be due upon a certain policy of insurance claimed ta have been issued by plaintiff In error, the Mutual Life Insurance Company oí New York, upon the life of Thomas J. Logan. The case was tried in the court below before a jury, which rendered a verdict for the plaintiff. the defendant in error here, in the sum of 810,000, with…
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, Circuit Judge
The assignments of error are 32 in number. The errors claimed relate to admission and rejection of evidence, refusal to instruct the jury to bring in a verdict for (lie defendant, refusal to charge the jury as requested by plaintiff in error, defendant in the court below, and exceptions taken to certain parts of the charge as given. It will be necessary to consider first the alleged errors in admitting or rejecting evidence. If the court below committed a material error either in the admission or rejection of evidence, it follows that the judgment must be reversed, and a new trial ordered.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Starr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Insurance Co. v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Miller v. Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Smith v. Provident Sav. Life Assur. Soc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
- Continental Life Insurance v. WilletsMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Kilborn v. Prudential InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Francis v. Mutual Life Ins.Oregon Supreme Court · 1910
- Jones v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1968
- Perea v. State Life InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1910
- McKnight v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1904
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