Grindle v. Eastern Express Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Case, for negligence, brought by the plaintiff as administrator of the estate of Emery It. Ward well against the defendant company for negligence in forwarding the sum of $24.90 which was delivered to one Charles W. Tilden, agent of the defendants at Castine, May 8, 1873, to be forwarded toF. H. Beale at Belfast, Maine, agent of the Continental Life Insurance Company of the city of New York.
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Case, for negligence, brought by the plaintiff as administrator of the estate of Emery It. Ward well against the defendant company for negligence in forwarding the sum of $24.90 which was delivered to one Charles W. Tilden, agent of the defendants at Castine, May 8, 1873, to be forwarded toF. H. Beale at Belfast, Maine, agent of the Continental Life Insurance Company of the city of New York. The said sum of $24.90 was for the 'semiannual premium due April 15, 1873, to be paid according to the regulations of the said company within thirty days of that date. It is alleged by the plaintiff: That…
1Opinion of the CourtVirgin, J.
On April 15, 1870, the Continental Life Insurance Company assured the life of the plaintiff’s intestate for his sole use, in the sum of one thousand dollars, for the term of sixteen years or until his decease in case of his death before that time; and the company, by their policy under seal, of that date, did covenant with the assured, to pay him the sum insured within ninety days after he shall have been insured the term mentioned, or in case he should die before that time, then to his wife Edna, if living, otherwise to the legal representatives of the assured.
*320Being an endowment policy for…
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