 | Massachusetts - 1899 - 1266 halaman
...the nature of insurance contracts. By St. 1897, c. 66, § 1, an insurance contract is defined to be " an agreement by which one party for a consideration...destruction, loss or injury of something in which the other party has an interest." It is doubtful whether this statutory definition is anything more than... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1902 - 806 halaman
...beneficiaries of deceased members, the contract falls within the definition of an insurance contract; that is, an agreement by which one party, for a consideration, promises to make a certain payment of money upon the destruction or injury of something in which the other party... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1895 - 1138 halaman
...the provisions of the section above referred to. That section defines a contract of insurance to be " an agreement by which one party for a consideration...act of value to the assured, upon the destruction or injury of something in which either party has an interest." The contract in question is for a consideration.... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1876 - 1040 halaman
...Allen appearing for the Commonwealth. The opinion of the court, recently filed, is as follows : — " A contract of insurance is an agreement by which one party, for a consideration (which is usually paid in money, either in one gum, or at different times during the continuance of... | |
 | United States. Court of Claims - 1929 - 868 halaman
...Justice Gray, in Commonwealth v. Wetherbee, 105 Mass. 149, defines a contract of insurance as follows: "A contract of insurance is an agreement by which one party for a consideration, which is usually paid in money, either in one sum or at different times during the continuance of the... | |
 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - 1875 - 858 halaman
...Maittand v. The Atlantic, 1 Newb. 514 ; SC, 8 Am. Law. Reg. 477; 1 Pars, on Ship. &. Adm. 105. (542) A contract of insurance is an agreement by which one party, for a consideration, promises to make a certain payment of money upon the destruction or injury of something in which the other party... | |
 | 1896 - 1148 halaman
...contract of insurance, within the Massachusetts insurance act (St. 1887, c. 214, § 3), providing that a contract of insurance is an agreement by which one party, for a consideration, promises to nay money or its equivalent, or to do something ш which the other party has an interest. 2. The Massachusetts... | |
 | 1892 - 1310 halaman
...death. The leading case upon this subject is Com. v. Wetherbee, 105 Mass. 160, wherein the court says: "A contract of Insurance Is an agreement by which one party, for a consideration, (which is usually paid in money, either in one sum, or at different times during the continuance of... | |
 | 1892 - 1144 halaman
...The leading case upon this subject is Com. vs. Wetherbee (105 Mass., 160), wherein the court says: "A contract of insurance is an agreement by which one party, for a consideration (which is usually paid in money, either in one sum, or at different times during the continuance of... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1894 - 1174 halaman
...may amend or repeal the laws affecting the powers and obligations of such corporations. SECTION 3. A contract of insurance is an agreement by which one...some act of value to the assured upon the destruction or injury of something in which the other party has an interest, and it shall be unlawful for any company... | |
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A contract of insurance is an agreement by which one party for a consideration promises to pay money or its equivalent or to do some act of value to the assured upon the destruction, loss or injury of something in which the other party has an interest... 
