PHŒNIX LIFE INS. CO. v. RADDIN


120 U.S. 183 (1887)

PHŒNIX LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. RADDIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 31, 1887.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. M.F. Dickinson, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Robert M. Morse, Jr. (Mr. William M. Richardson was with him on the brief), for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action brought by Sewell Raddin, and prosecuted by his administrator, upon a policy of life insurance, dated April 25, 1872, the material parts of which were as follows:

"This policy of assurance witnesseth, that the Phœnix Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., in consideration of the representations made to them in the application...

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