Catoir v. American Life Insurance & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Error to the Supreme Court. Tills suit was brought in the Supreme Court to recover from the defendants the sum of two thousand dollars, on a certain policy of insurance issued by them on the 8th of March, 1864, insuring the life of Anna M. Catoir, wife of the plaintiff, for the term of her natural life.
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Error to the Supreme Court. Tills suit was brought in the Supreme Court to recover from the defendants the sum of two thousand dollars, on a certain policy of insurance issued by them on the 8th of March, 1864, insuring the life of Anna M. Catoir, wife of the plaintiff, for the term of her natural life. The declaration set forth the policy, with the consideration to be paid therefor, and the death of the said Anna, and avowed that he, the said plaintiff, and the said Anna had, in all things, conformed to, observed, and performed all and singular the stipulations, matters, and things which on…
1Opinion of the CourtBedle, J.
The writ of error in this case brings up a judgment of non-suit from the Essex Circuit. A bill of exceptions was allowed, and upon the authority of Voorhees v. Woodhull’s executors, decided at this term,* the motion to dismiss the writ must be denied.
The sole question now for consideration is, whether the plaintiff, at the time he rested, had made out a sufficient case to entitle him to go to the jury. The suit is upon a policy of insurance for two thousand dollars, upon the life of Anna M. Catoir, the plaintiff’s wife, for his benefit, issued by the defendants, a corporation so called in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Johnson ex rel. Stone v. EnglishSupreme Court of Alabama · 1827
3Cited by1 opinion
- Allen v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1964