INSURANCE COMPANY v. MOWRY


96 U.S. 544 (1877)

INSURANCE COMPANY v. MOWRY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Benjamin F. Thurston and Mr. Charles H. Parkhurst for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.J. Storrow, contra.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action on a policy of insurance, issued by the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company, a corporation created under the laws of Maine, upon the life of Nelson H. Mowry, for the sum of $10,000. The insurance was effected by a nephew of the insured, for his sole benefit. The nephew was at the time a creditor of the insured to the extent of $6,000, and had agreed to...

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