Harrison's Administrator v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Vermont
General Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. Plea, the general issue with notice of special matter. Trial by jury at, the September Term, 1905, Rutland County, Watson, J., presiding. Verdict ordered for the plaintiff, and judgment thereon. The defendant excepted.
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General Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance. Plea, the general issue with notice of special matter. Trial by jury at, the September Term, 1905, Rutland County, Watson, J., presiding. Verdict ordered for the plaintiff, and judgment thereon. The defendant excepted. It was conceded that thé policy was regularly issued; that all the renewal premiums were paid by the testate during his life; that proper proof of the testate’s death had been made to the Company; that the assignee was in no way related to the testate, and that the testate made the assignment to her spoken of in the opinion. The…
1Opinion of the CourtRowell, C. J.
This is assumpsit on a policy of insurance procured by the intestate on his own life, payable to> his executors, administrators, or assigns.
As the case is presented, it must be taken that the intestate procured the policy for the purpose on his part of immediately assigning it without consideration to- Mary A. Gleason, then of Rutland but now of New York, who had no insurable interest in his life; that the policy was assigned accordingly in duplicate under seal, executed by both of the parties, for an expressed valuable consideration, and the policy and one-of the assignments delivered to the…
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- Hays v. . HathornNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Fairchild v. North-Eastern Mutual Life Ass'nSupreme Court of Vermont · 1879
- Hackett v. KendallSupreme Court of Vermont · 1851
- Watson v. WatsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1896
- Fletcher v. FletcherSupreme Court of Vermont · 1856
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- Gleason v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
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