Legal Opinion

Ritter v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 17, 1898No. 142PublishedCited by 134 opinions

CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. The case is stated in. the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan

This action was brought against the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York on six policies of life insurance, each bearing date November 10, 1891, one for $20,000, one for $15,000, and four for $10,000 each. There was a verdict in its favor, upon which judgment was entered, and that judgment was affirmed in the Circuit Court of Appeals. 28 IT. S. App. 612,

The policies were all alike except as to the amount of insurance, and were in the following form:

“In consideration of the application for this policy, which is hereby made a part of this contract, the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. New York Mutual Life Insurance v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Travellers' Insurance v. McConkeySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. PutnamSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  4. Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  5. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. LathropSupreme Court of the United States · 1884

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3Cited by134 opinions

  1. Helvering v. Le GierseSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Knights Templars' & Masons' Life Indemnity Co. v. JarmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  3. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. McCueSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  4. Whitfield v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. of HartfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  5. Burt v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1902

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