| Description |
xxvi, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent. |
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unmediated n rdamedia. |
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volume nc rdacarrier. |
| Series |
Kansas Notable Book ; 2014.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-378) and index. |
| Contents |
Important characters in the story of the Hillmon case -- Timeline of events important to the Hillmon litigation -- A winter journey leads to an inquest : 1879 -- The parties ready their cases for trial : 1879-1882 -- The Hillmon case is tried before a jury : 1882 -- The case is tried twice more, and a surprising objection is made : 1884-1888 -- The Supreme Court hears a case of "graveyard insurance" : 1892 -- John Hillmon is reported to be alive as the arduous fourth trial proceeds : 1893-95 -- The fifth trial progresses briskly but ends inconclusively, and New York Life capitulates : 1896-1899 -- The Hillmon case is tried for the last time : 1899 -- The century turns, and the Hillmon case is concluded : 1900-1903. |
| Summary |
Discusses a landmark Supreme Court case on the admissibility of hearsay evidence involving a dead cowboy, his widow, and a $25,000 insurance policy. |
| Source |
NBK 7/14 PPL |
| Subject |
Hillmon, Sallie E. -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Trials -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century.
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Insurance fraud -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century -- Cases.
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Evidence, Hearsay -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Cases.
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| ISBN |
9780814784563 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0814784569 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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