A Death at Crooked Creek The Case of the Cowboy, the Cigarmaker, and the Love Letter /
Wesson, Marianne.
A Death at Crooked Creek The Case of the Cowboy, the Cigarmaker, and the Love Letter / [Recurso electrónico] : Marianne Wesson. - New York : New York University Press, 2013 - 1 online resource (xxvi, 379 pages :) illustrations ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-378) and index.
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.
Libro Electrónico
9780814784570 0814784569
Hillmon, Sallie E.--Trials, litigation, etc.
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York--Trials, litigation, etc.
Evidence, Hearsay--History--Cases.--United States--19th century
Insurance crimes--History--Cases.--Kansas--19th century
Trials--History--Kansas--19th century.
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hillmon, 145 U.S. 285 (1892)
Electronic books.
KF228.H543 / .W47 2013
346.73/08632
A Death at Crooked Creek The Case of the Cowboy, the Cigarmaker, and the Love Letter / [Recurso electrónico] : Marianne Wesson. - New York : New York University Press, 2013 - 1 online resource (xxvi, 379 pages :) illustrations ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-378) and index.
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.
Libro Electrónico
9780814784570 0814784569
Hillmon, Sallie E.--Trials, litigation, etc.
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York--Trials, litigation, etc.
Evidence, Hearsay--History--Cases.--United States--19th century
Insurance crimes--History--Cases.--Kansas--19th century
Trials--History--Kansas--19th century.
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hillmon, 145 U.S. 285 (1892)
Electronic books.
KF228.H543 / .W47 2013
346.73/08632
2251-8215
