Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. McElroy
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This was an action upon a policy of insurance upon the life of James E. McElroy, issued by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, the plaintiff in error, on June 29, 1894, to Della Irene McElroy, James Edward McElroy, and Myrtle Beckham McElroy, the defendants in error. The insurance company answered to the complaint of the defendants in error upon that policy that on June 29, 1894, negotiations were pending between McElroy and the company relative to the insurance of Ms life, but no contract had been made, and no premium had been paid; that on June…
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