New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance v. Baker
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
•On the 28th of June, 1869, the New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance Company made its policy of insurance upon the lives of Anson M. Baker and Martha, his wife, undertaking, upon the death of either of them, to pay the survivor the sum of $10,000. Martha Baker died on the 6th of December, 1870, and this action is brought to recover the amount insured by such policy. Upon a trial before the circuit judge and a jury, a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the amount claimed.
The insurance company seeks to set aside the-judgment rén dered upon this verdict for the reasons following: —
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2Cases cited2 opinions
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