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CROTTY v. UNION MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO.

No. 248.

144 U.S. 621 (1892)

12 S.Ct. 749

36 L.Ed. 566

CROTTY, v. UNION MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 18, 1892.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederic D. McKenney for plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.H. Drummond for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Without noticing other questions discussed by counsel, it is sufficient to consider that of plaintiff's interest in the policy. It is the settled law of this court that a claimant under a life insurance policy must have an insurable interest in the life of the insured. Wagering contracts in insurance have been repeatedly denounced. Cammack v. Lewis, 15 Wall. 643, in which...

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