N.Y. LIFE INS. CO. v. HEAD

No. 254.

234 U.S. 149 (1914)

34 S.Ct. 879

58 L.Ed. 1259

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. HEAD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 8, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James H. McIntosh, with whom Mr. Gardiner Lathrop, Mr. Cyrus Crane, Mr. O.W. Pratt and Mr. S.W. Moore were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Buckner F. Deatherage, with whom Mr. Goodwin Creason, Mr. James S. Botsford, Mr. W.P. Borland and Mr. James A. Reed were on the brief, for defendant in error.


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

In March, 1894, Richard G. Head, a citizen and resident of New Mexico, being temporarily in Kansas City, Missouri, made application at a branch office of the New York Life Insurance Company for two policies of insurance for ten thousand dollars each on his own life for the benefit of his minor son, Richard G. Head, Jr. The application stated the residence of Head...

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