Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Schaefer

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1877-04-30

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Mr. Justice Bradley delivered the opinion of the court. This was an action on a policy of life assurance issued July 25, 1868, on the joint lives of George F. and Franzisca Schaefer, then husband and wife, payable to the survivor on the death of either. In January, 1870, they were divorced, and alimony was decreed and paid to the wife. There was never any is…

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