Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. Johnson
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATES FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The cases are stated in the opinion. It is undoubtedly the rule of the federal courts, as assumed,in the question certified, that, where'a policy of life insurance is silent respecting liability of the company, in case of suicide by the insured; death of the insured by his own hand, he being sane, is not one of the risks insured against. Ritter v. Mutual Life Ins.
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CERTIFICATES FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The cases are stated in the opinion. It is undoubtedly the rule of the federal courts, as assumed,in the question certified, that, where'a policy of life insurance is silent respecting liability of the company, in case of suicide by the insured; death of the insured by his own hand, he being sane, is not one of the risks insured against. Ritter v. Mutual Life Ins. Co., 169 U. S. 139; Hopkins v. Northwestern Life Assurance Co., 94 Fed. Rep. 729; Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Kelly, 114 Fed. Rep. 268; Royal Arcanum v. Wishart, 192…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These are suits upon policies issued to George P. Johnson upon his life, payable in the first case to his wife, in the second to his executors or administrators. The wife and the administrator respectively recovered in the District Court and the cases having gone to the Circuit Court of Appeals the latter has certified certain questions to this Court. The policy payable to the wife contained a provision that “if within two years from the date hereof, the said insured shall ... die in consequence of a duel, or shall, while sane or insane, die by his own hand, then, and in every such case, this…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Grigsby v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Ritter v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. McCueSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Whitfield v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. of HartfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Burt v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
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