Marquet v. Aetna Life Ins.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from Chancery Court, Hamilton Connty.— T. M. McCoNNEll, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice BuchaNAN
This suit is based upon an insurance contract. The breach relied on is the failure to pay $2,000, the amount of the policy, upon proofs of death of the insured.
The defenses are two: First, that the payee or beneficiary in the policy sued on, at the date of its issuance, had no insurable interest in the life of the insured, and the contract sued on is therefore a wagering one and unenforceable; second, that the proofs *217do not show the death of the insured, and therefore ño breach is shown justifying a recovery. .
There was a decree below for $2,132.50 and costs, from which the insurance company…
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- Hitz v. AhlgrenIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
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