CONN. MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. SCHAEFER


94 U.S. 457 (1876)

CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. SCHAEFER.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edgar M. Johnson for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.D. Brannan, contra.


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 issue of the marriage. They both subsequently married again, after which, in February, 1871, George F. Schaefer...

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