Griesa v. Mutual Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas.
1Opinion of the Court
AMIDON, District Judge.
Lucius H. Perkins, in his lifetime, procured policies of insurance upon his life to be issued, aggregating more than $500,000. Among others, the Mutual Life Insurance Company, complainant below, and appellee here, issued such a policy in his favor for $100,000. In less than a year after obtaining this large amount of insurance, he fell from his house and shortly after died. The complainant brought this suit in equity in the United States Circuit Court for the District of Kansas, against the executors of the last will and testament of said Perkins, and his widow and…
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