Price v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance

The decedent, James E. Price, then a resident of the city of Hannibal in the state of Missouri, made his written application for insurance in the city of Hannibal, which was forwarded to the defendant in Hartford, Connecticut; the application was accepted, the policy prepared and signed at Hartford, and sent to Missouri, and delivered to the appellant Price in the city of Hannibal.

The defendant corporation is organized under the laws of Connecticut, and by its charter and the laws of that state is fully authorized to make the contract, which it did make according to the written terms of…