Badger v. American Popular Life Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by the administrator of the estate of Almarin F. Badger on a policy of insurance, alleged to have been made by the defendants on the life of the plaintiff’s intestate.
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Contract by the administrator of the estate of Almarin F. Badger on a policy of insurance, alleged to have been made by the defendants on the life of the plaintiff’s intestate. Trial in this court, before Gray, J., who made a report of the case, of which the material part was in substance as follows : The defendants sent to the plaintiff’s intestate at Boston the policy declared on, which contained the following provision: “ Nor shall this policy be in force until it is countersigned by A. F. Badger, agent at Boston,” By “ A. F. Badger, agent,” was meant the intestate. On his death, this…
1Opinion of the CourtChapman, C. J.
The defendants sent to Almarin F. Badger, the plaintiff’s intestate, the policy in question, containing the following clause: “ Nor shall this policy be in force until it is countersigned by A. F. Badger, agent at Boston.” He received the policy and had it in his power to make it a valid contract by countersigning. But he did not do this, and consequently the policy never became in force. We need not inquire into the motives of the company for inserting this conditio.n; nor into his motives for neglecting to comply with it. It is sufficient that the defendants had a right to insert it and to…
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