Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Schaefer
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court' of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. The facts are set forth in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
This was an action on a policy of life assurance issued July 25, 1868, on the joint lives of George F. and Franzisca Schaefer, then husband and wife, payable to the survivor on the death of either. In January, 1870, they were divorced, and alimony was decreed and paid to the wife. There was never any issue of the marriage. They both subsequently married again, after which, in February, 1871, George F. Schaefer died. This action was brought by Franzisca, the survivor.
On the trial of the cause, several exceptions were taken by the defendant to the rulings and charge of the court, and this writ…
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