Insurance Co. v. Higginbotham
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The facts in the case are fully set forth in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
This was an action by Mrs. Martha J. Day against the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance. Company, incorporated by the State of New Jersey, to recover the amount of a policy of insurance issued to her upon the life of her husband, the late Dr. Richard H. B. Day, of- Washington, in which judgment -was rendered against the company for the amount insured, $5,000 and interest. Mrs. Day having died pendente Ute, her administrator was. substituted here in her stead.
The policy, dated the 16th of July, 1869,'was for life, and stipulated for the payment of the annual premium of $137.50 on or before twelve…
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