Alfsen v. Crouch
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Hamilton County.— T. M. McConnell, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkes
This is a suit by the" complainant to recover from the defendant Catherine Crouch $2,000, the amount of an insurance policy issued by the Woodmen of the World, a fraternal order, to Mrs. Catherine Crouch upon the life .of Alf Alísen.
It appears that Alísen was a native of Norway, -who went to sea when he was about twelve years old, and after wandering from place to place for some time he came-to the house of Mrs. Crouch, on Mission Ridge, near Chattanooga, and lived with her as a florist and gardener, for something; like three years. He was a man afflicted with an offensive disease, but is…
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