 It would be a reproach to the jurisprudence of the country if one could recover insurance money payable on the death of a party whose life he had feloniously taken. As well might he recover insurance money upon a building that he had willfully fired.  A System of legal medicine v. 1 - Page 495by Allan McLane Hamilton - 1894Full view - About this book
 | 1890 - 542 pages
...assured. It would be a reproach to the jurisprudence of the country if one could recover insurance money payable on the death of a party whose life he...money upon a building that he had willfully fired." These maxims without any statute giving them force or operation frequently control the effect and nullify... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1910 - 648 pages
...US, 600: "It would be a reproach to the jurisprudence of the country if one could recover insurance money payable on the death of a party whose life he...recover insurance money upon a building that he had wilfully fired." In the case of Schreiner v. High Court of Illinois Catholic Order of Foresters, 35... | |
 | 1916 - 502 pages
...saying: "It would be a reproach to the jurisprudence of the country, if one could recover insurance money payable on the death of a party whose life he had feloniously taken." This opinion has been rejected by some courts on the ground that it was a dictum, as Hunter was not... | |
 | 1920 - 2100 pages
...of the country, If one could recover Insurance money * * * on the death of a party whose life he hud feloniously taken. As well might he recover insurance money upon a building that he had wilfully fired." Plaintiff's attorney has cited decisions of state courts, including Equitable Life,... | |
 | 1899 - 986 pages
...assured. It would be a reproach to*the Jurisprudence of the country if one could recover insurance money payable on the death of a party whose life he...money upon a building that he had willfully fired." In Hatch v. Insurance Co., 120 Mass. 550, It appears that a policy of Insurance on the life of a married... | |
 | 1890 - 1166 pages
...assured. It would be a reproach to the jurisprudence of the country if one could recover insurance money payable on the death of a party whose life he...taken. As well might he recover insurance money upon a buildingthat he had willfully Bred." These maxims, without any statute giving them force or operation,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1886 - 788 pages
...assured. It would be a reproach to the jurisprudence of the country, if one could recover insurance money payable on the death of a party whose life he...recover insurance money upon a building that he had wilfully fired. This view renders it unnecessary to consider the effect upon the policy of the statements,... | |
 | 1917 - 914 pages
...jurisprudence of the country if one could recover insurance money payable on the death of a person whose life he had feloniously taken. As well might...recover insurance money upon a building that he had wilfully fired." (For a criticism of the use of the analogy to fire insurance, see 24 HAEV. L. REV.... | |
 | 1887 - 542 pages
...a policy of life insurance by murdering the insured forfeited all rights under it. The court said: 'As well might he recover insurance money upon a building that he had willfully fired." That was a case of contract ; it certainly could not be held that the company had promised to pay the... | |
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