Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hagerman

In 1866, appellant issued a policy on the life of David Heller, the pertinent part of which is :

“This policy of insurance witnesseth that The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, in consideration of the representations made to them in the application for this policy, and of -the sum of twenty-two dollars and eight cents, to them duly paid by Mrs. Fannie Heller, wife of David Heller, merchant, and of the semi-annual payment of a like amount on or before the seventeenth days of May and November in every year during the continuance of this policy, do assure the life.of David Heller of New…