Whitehead v. . New York Life Ins. Co.

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1886-04-13

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Eraos, J. All three of the life'insurance policies sought to be revived and enforced in this action purport on their face to be contracts with the wife as the party assured, and not at all with the husband, who stands in the policies as simply the life insured, his conduct and death furnishing the contingencies upon which the liabilities of the insurer are made to depend. As the rela…

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