Sizeler v. Sizeler

I cannot subscribe to the doctrine announced in the opinion in this case, concurred in by the Chief Justice and the four other Justices, which is that a contract of insurance is sui generis and that there is ho law in this state which prohibits a person from insuring his life in favor of his concubine.

If there is any principle of law that is settled beyond controversy, it is the principle that all contracts made .in violation of law, good morals, and public policy are utterly null and void, without any legal effect, and will not be enforced by a court of justice.

Chief Justice Marshall in…