CHICAGO LIFE INS. CO. v. NEEDLES


113 U.S. 574 (1885)

CHICAGO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. NEEDLES, Auditor.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.C. Bonney for plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.L. High (Mr. E.B. Sherman was with him) for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

By an act of the General Assembly of Illinois, approved February 16, 1865, certain named persons were created a body politic and corporate by the name of the Traveller's Insurance Company, with authority to carry on the business of insuring persons against the accidental loss of life or personal injury sustained while travelling by railways, steamers, and other modes of conveyance. Subsequently, by an act approved...

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