Vose v. Eagle Life & Health Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was an action by the plaintiff, as the administrator of George F. Pease, on a policy of insurance signed by the defendants, a company incorporated by the laws of New Jersey, for $3000 on the life of the intestate during the continuance of the policy, in consideration of the annual payment of a premium of $55.50. The action having been referred, the arbitrators, at the request of the parties, reported a statement of the facts appearing before them at the hearing, and…
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This was an action by the plaintiff, as the administrator of George F. Pease, on a policy of insurance signed by the defendants, a company incorporated by the laws of New Jersey, for $3000 on the life of the intestate during the continuance of the policy, in consideration of the annual payment of a premium of $55.50. The action having been referred, the arbitrators, at the request of the parties, reported a statement of the facts appearing before them at the hearing, and referred the questions of law arising thereon to the court. The report, of the arbitrators was, in substance, as follows :…
1Opinion of the CourtFletcher, J.
Insurance on life was formerly held to be unlawful, and was forbidden in some foreign countries by particular enactments, as being repugnant to good morals, and opening a door to abuses. But a very different view is taken of the subject at the present time. Life insurance has now become a very common and a very extensive business, and is regarded as highly beneficial to the community.
The usual mode of proceeding, to effect an insurance upon a life, is, for the party wishing to insure to procure at the office of the insurers a printed form of proposal, which is to be filled up by him. This…
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