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New York Life Insurance Company v. Hendren

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New York Life Insurance Company v. Hendren
by Morrison Waite
Syllabus
729317New York Life Insurance Company v. Hendren — SyllabusMorrison Waite
Court Documents
Dissenting Opinion
Bradley

United States Supreme Court

92 U.S. 286

New York Life Insurance Company  v.  Hendren

ERROR to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Virginia.

The plaintiff in error, a company incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, having its home office in New-York City, issued its policy of insurance, bearing date Aug. 25, 1856, to Mrs. Hendren, the defendant in error, on the life of her husband. The insurance was negotiated through an agent of the company at Norfolk, in Virginia, in which State Mrs. Hendren and her husband then, and until his death, resided. He died Aug. 15, 1862.

She brought this suit to recover the amount of the policy. Judgment was rendered in her favor in the Court of the Corporation of the City of Norfolk, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State. The company sued out this writ of error.

Mr. Edward O. Hinkley for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Albert Ritchie, contra.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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