Whiteley v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Hacine County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. J ustice Oassoday : The action was commenced September 10, 1885, upon a policy of insurance issued by the defendant January 9, 1873, in consideration of $99.45 then paid, whereby it assured the life of said Joseph S. Whiteley in the amount of $5,000 for the term of his natural life, and thereby promised and agreed to pay that amount to the said Joseph S. Whiteley, his…
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Hacine County. The following statement of the case was prepared by Mr. J ustice Oassoday : The action was commenced September 10, 1885, upon a policy of insurance issued by the defendant January 9, 1873, in consideration of $99.45 then paid, whereby it assured the life of said Joseph S. Whiteley in the amount of $5,000 for the term of his natural life, and thereby promised and agreed to pay that amount to the said Joseph S. Whiteley, his executors, administrators, or assigns, sixty days after due notice and satisfactory proof of the death during the…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
About January 4, 1874, Joseph S. Whiteley started from his employer’s at Racine, on a trip as trav*173eling salesman of boots and shoes, with two grip-sacks filled with samples. He then had with him $60 in cash and three checks of $30 each, payable to his order and signed by his employer, to be used in paying his expenses. ITe went to Chicago, whei-e he left both of his grip-sacks, and negotiated one of the checks. Afterwards he went to St. Louis, Ho., where he registered at an hotel January 15, 1874, and remained there until the next day. While there he indorsed and pledged one of the checks for…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Davie v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Tisdale v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
- Williams v. WilliamsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- McCartee v. CamelNew York Court of Chancery · 1846
- Hancock v. American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
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- Will of EhleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1889
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