Knickerbocker Life Insurance v. Pendleton
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OP TENNESSEE. TMs action was brought in the First Circuit Court of Shelby County, ¡Tennessee, by the defendants in error, Pleasant H. Pendleton and others, against the plaintiff in error, the Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company, to recover the amount of a policy of life insurance on the life of Samuel II. Pendleton.
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IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OP TENNESSEE. TMs action was brought in the First Circuit Court of Shelby County, ¡Tennessee, by the defendants in error, Pleasant H. Pendleton and others, against the plaintiff in error, the Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company, to recover the amount of a policy of life insurance on the life of Samuel II. Pendleton. After declaration filed the case was removed into the Circuit Court of the United States, and the defendant then pleaded no indebtedness, failure to pay the stipulated annual premium, failure to pay a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
He recited the facts as above stated, and continued:
The court instructed the jury, in substance and effect, that the insurance company, having accepted the draft or bill of Dr. Pendleton on his factors for the premium due on the policy, was in duty bound to pursue all the steps necessary to enable it to recover against him as drawer of said draft or bill, regarded as a bill of exchange under the law merchant — amongst which steps one was that of protesting the bill for non-acceptance, and another, that of protesting it for non-payment. The court held. that, Avhilst it was not necessary that…
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