PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY v. DOSTER


106 U.S. 30 (____)

PHŒNIX INSURANCE COMPANY v. DOSTER.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H.E. Barnard for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. John W. Lynn and Mr. Frank Doster for the defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error from a judgment for the amount of a policy of insurance upon the life of Jackson Riddle, issued on the twentieth day of September, 1871, by the Phœnix Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut.

The policy purports to have been issued in consideration as well of the representations made in the application for insurance, as of the payment by the wife and children...

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