The Morning herald., 1876-02-03
Unitsd states supreme Court.
By American Press AssociaM6n .@3

Unitsd states supreme csu IT.
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722 WASHINGTON, Fsbtsarys, as7e
The following cases were submitted in
the United States Supreme Court yssterday:
129. Turner ct al. vs.. Wood ct al Ap-
peal from the Circuit Court for the Eastern
District Of Michigan. This was suit to
rxcoveF0YTurKefT co. rns -xmuuntrf =
bill of goods sold to them, by the appellees,
the plaintiffs below seeking to have property
which had beeaspyered by q chattel mort
gage applied to the payment Of their debt
The relief asked was decreed by the court
below and the case is brought here ana SUD-
mitted on the printed briefs Of the parties,
the appellants ayerring that certain alleged
false representations made by them, II laise'
were not shown to have been soknown to
the member of the firm making them, ana
that the court should have exacted sucn
proof before rendering the decree made
C. P. Crosby for appellants; Ashley Pond for
appellees.
Etna Life Insurance Company VS.. France
and wife. Error to the Circuit Court 1or
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. This
was an action on policy of life insurance
for SIC, 900, issued by the company upon the
lire of one Chew for the benefit OF his sis-
ter. Mrs. France, and in her name. The
defense was that no insurable interest was
in Mrs. France, and that at the date OF the
policy the deceased misstated his age ana
denied having been ruptured, when IN iact
he was ruptured from birth. The verdlct
was for the plaintiff below, under the H.
structions Of the Court, and It is here IN
sisted that the policy, although nominaiiy
IN the name of the deceased, was IN fact
taken out and the premiums paid BY Mrs
France: and that such being the case, there
should have been no recovery for want OF
an insurable interest. 1t is also lnslsteo
that AZ the sister is married woman, IN nc
way depending upon the deceased, she wa'
without insurable interest. 1t is also IN
sist4d that the answers made by the oe
oooeoa when insured were warrentees; ano
being such. If wholly or in part false, there
ahonld be no recovery. The defendants II
.rror insist that as TO the disease referee
to. concerning which the deceased was asked
there was no concealment in fact, nor wal
there any as 10 the age of the deceased al
!. ho stated he was uncertain as to his ag'
when asked by the agent OF the company
& c. Perpins for plaintiff in error; N. ID
sharpless for defendants.
1ss. swcltzer vs.. White. Error to tn
Circuit Court for the District Of Iowa. II
f tbi. case the defendant in error recoVere'
) mon alleged warrantees of the genuinenes
+ ~ fortv eight county warrants purportin'
+ n have been issued by O'Brien, and othe
COMMITTEES, which he purchased OF the pla'l
E t,a The wsrrantee was that they wer
+ regularly issued, and were genuine couns NJ
n warrants White brought suit against tn
. counties, and, failing to get judgment o .
e tho warrants, because of irregular'ty
J. those issued, in being without the coon'
2 seal. had recourse to the warrantee =, " w
e plaintiffs. It is here insisted that the oou'
). erred in holding that the warrants require
70 seal. but if 1t is true that they were n
Y valid without seal, it was defect pave.
= 81 ~ rurchaser as we'll as we'll as 10 u
II seller, and therefore 1T was not WITHIN within "
" varranteea, G. Parsons for plaint"