New York Life Insurance v. Cravens
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MISSOURI. The controversy in this case is as to the amount due upon a. policy of insurance issued by the plaintiff in error, upon the life of John K. Cravens, husband of the defendant in error. The contention of the plaintiff in error is that there is only due on the policy, if anything, the sum of $2670 ; that of defendant in error is that she is entitled to the full amount of the policy, to wit, $10,000, less unpaid premiums.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MISSOURI. The controversy in this case is as to the amount due upon a. policy of insurance issued by the plaintiff in error, upon the life of John K. Cravens, husband of the defendant in error. The contention of the plaintiff in error is that there is only due on the policy, if anything, the sum of $2670 ; that of defendant in error is that she is entitled to the full amount of the policy, to wit, $10,000, less unpaid premiums. These contentions depend chiefly for solution on the statute of Missouri, inserted in the margin,1 Missouri Rev. Stat. 1879,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. J ustice McKenna
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff in error presents its contentions in many forms, but they are all reducible to one, to wit, that the statute of Missouri has been decided to supersede the terms of the policy, and to be the rule and measure of the rights and obligations of the parties, notwithstanding the application for the policy.de-, dares “ that the entire contract contained in the said policy and in this application, taken together, shall be construed and interpreted as a whole and in each of its parts and obligations, according…
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