NEW JERSEY MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. BAKER


94 U.S. 610 (1876)

NEW JERSEY MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. BAKER.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Dennis McMahon for the plaintiff in error.

The court declined to hear counsel for the defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HUNT delivered the opinion of the court.

On the 28th of June, 1869, the New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance Company made its policy of insurance upon the lives of Anson M. Baker and Martha, his wife, undertaking, upon the death of either of them, to pay the survivor the sum of $10,000. Martha Baker died on the 6th of December, 1870, and this action is brought to recover the amount insured by such policy. Upon a trial...

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