Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-05-29 | Page 2 | Favors Insurance Company

FAVORS INSURANCE COMPANY United States Supreme Court Orders New Trial iu Famous Case Washington May 28 Justice Erewer today handed down the opinion of the I Supreme courtv In the somewhat celebrated cele-brated Insurance case brought by the executor of Guy C Phlnney or the State of Washington against the Mutual Mu-tual Life Insurance company of New York to recover upon a policy of insurance in-surance upon his life amounting to 100000 Phinney had paid the first premium upon his policy and had failed to pay the second and third premiums dying soon after the third premium was due On i ho trial the contention was made that the State statute of New York requiring specific notice to the Insured of the date when a premium is due I a id tInt place where It could be paid was nprlicnble The trial court ruled in acciirdancy with this contention and I the Jury brought in a verdict against the insurance company for 97000 The Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth circuit dismissed the case on a technicality tech-nicality Th0 Supreme court today declined the question of the applicability of tho N < w York Insurance laws to the case and disputed of It upon the ground that tho Court of Appeals had Jurisdiction Juris-diction A new trial was ordered The decision was In the interest of the Insurance In-surance company Several other Insurance I In-surance casts were decided by Justice Drew r on the I same ground t