Hoffman v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company

APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio.

Mr. James A. Garfield, for the appellant, cited Insurance Company v. Wilkinson, 13 Wall. 222; Masters v. Madison County Alert Insurance Co., 11 Barb. 624; May on Ins., sects. 134, 143; Taylor v. ''Merchants' Fire Ins. Co.'', 9 How. 390; 42 N. Y. 54; 20 Barb. 468; 2 Ins. Law Jour. 23; 25 Barb. 189; Hallock v. ''Commercial Ins. Co.'', 2 Dutch. 268; 25 Conn. 207; id. 542; 43 Barb. 351; Cooper v. Pacific, 3 J. C. R. 254; 3 Ohio St. 549; 4 id. 353; ''Fraternal Life Ins. Co. v. Applegate'', 7 id. 292; Bliss on Life Ins., sect. 317.

Mr. H. L. Terrell for the appellee.

MR. JUSTICE SWAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.