Pendleton v. Russell
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP NEW YORK. The court stated the case as follows: The facts out of which the present case arises, briefly stated, are as follows: On the 14th of July, 1870, the Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company of New York, for a stipulated’ annual premium of $364.60, issued a policy for the sum of ten thousand dollars on the life of Samuel H. Pendleton, payable to the claimants on his death.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP NEW YORK. The court stated the case as follows: The facts out of which the present case arises, briefly stated, are as follows: On the 14th of July, 1870, the Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company of New York, for a stipulated’ annual premium of $364.60, issued a policy for the sum of ten thousand dollars on the life of Samuel H. Pendleton, payable to the claimants on his death. By its terms, the failure to .pay the annual premium on the days designated, or to pay at maturity any note, obligation or indebtedness given for the premium, rendered the.…
1Opinion of the Court
JÍRi Justice Field,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.. The only question presented for our determination is whether the judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee, rendered on the 25th of January, 1886, was valid as a claim against the estate of the dissolved insurance corporation in the hands of its receiver, to -be allowed in the distribution of its assets. • The Court of Appeals, in affirming the' order of the Supreme Court of New York at special term, disallowing the claim, held that the judgment was invalid, and…
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