Swann v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n

EVANS, District Judge.

The plaintiff in his petition, in substance, alleges that in 1885 he took in the defendant association what was equivalent to a policy of insurance on his life for $5,000, and that from that date, in certain monthly or quarterly installments, he paid, at the rates then agreed upon, all premiums, assessments, and calls necessary to keep the policy alive until August 31, 1899, but that by reason of certain specifically alleged fraudulent acts of the defendant committed about that time, and which largely increased the amount of the premiums, assessments, and calls, he was…