Wetmore v. Mutual Aid & Benevolent Life Insurance

On the third of June, 1870, the defendants insured' the life of Robert Hancock Wetmore, who died on the ninth of September following. This suit is brought by tlie widow of tlie decedent’ to recover on tlie policy tlie sum of $2935, the amount insured for, and interest on that amount at five per cent, from ninth November, 1870. The answer admits that the policy of insurance was taken out as stated, but defendant avers that the insured party having- failed to-comply with one of the conditions stipulated in the policy tlie a.ct became void, and that defendant is not bound. The judgment of the…