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INSURANCE COMPANY v. NEWTON

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89 U.S. 32 (1875)

22 Wall. 32

22 L.Ed. 793

INSURANCE COMPANY, v. NEWTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 1, 1875.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. F.T. Frelinghuysen and E.L. Stanton, for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. T.Z. Blakeman, contra, and in support of the judgment, relied on Cluff v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company as in point.

Mr. Justice FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

The court below allowed the statement of the company and its agent to the witness as to the sufficiency of the proofs of death of the insured to be received as conclusive of that fact, but by its charge to the jury in effect separated the admission of that fact from its accompanying language, that the proofs disclosed a case of suicide, and held that this latter statement...

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