Hartford Life Insurance v. Barber
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. The cases are stated in the opinion. while contending that the court below had correctly applied the Connecticut judgment, urged that this court was without jurisdiction because the decision rested on an independent non-federal ground, viz: That the assessment was void because not levied by proper authority, and becausé no record was made or kept of it.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. The cases are stated in the opinion. while contending that the court below had correctly applied the Connecticut judgment, urged that this court was without jurisdiction because the decision rested on an independent non-federal ground, viz: That the assessment was void because not levied by proper authority, and becausé no record was made or kept of it. The charter of the company places the management of its affairs in its board of directors and the assessment made by the president and secretary was a nullity. It called for the exercise of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These are suits upon two certificates of qualified life insurance issued to Frank Barber and payable at his death to his wife, the plaintiff — defendant in error here. The defence in both suits was the same; that Barber failed to pay a mortuary assessment levied on January 29, 1910, known as quarterly call No. 126, and that the failure avoided the policies by their terms. It set up further that, in a suit brought by one Dresser on behalf of himself and all certificate holders, including the plaintiff, in the Connecticut court having jurisdiction over the defendant and the mortuary fund from…
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