Legal Opinion

Collins v. Dawley

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided April 15, 1878PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Error to Probate Court of Arapahoe County. The plaintiff below had judgment for $606.94. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.

The principal error assigned is that the court below erred in finding the issues for the defendant in error contrary to the law of the case under the given state of facts.

I. N. Dawley, the husband of the defendant in error, borrowed $600 from the First National Bank of Denver, and gave his promissory note for the amount, payable to J. H. Morrison who indorsed the same to the bank.

In order to indemnify the said Morrison, as well as to secure the bank in the payment of the note, he deposited with the said bank a policy of insurance on his life for the sum of $2,000, for the benefit of his wife,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Merrill v. New England Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
  2. Chapin v. FellowesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1869
  3. Charter Oak Life Insurance v. BrantSupreme Court of Missouri · 1871
  4. Pomeroy v. Manhattan Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
  5. Norwood v. GuerdonIllinois Supreme Court · 1871

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Johnson v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Colorado · 1914
  2. First Nat. Bank v. NewtonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1887
  3. Case v. FantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1892
  4. Crocker v. HoginSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
  5. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance v. Bank of AuroraSupreme Court of Colorado · 1951

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