TY - BOOK AU - Wesson,Marianne ED - Project Muse. TI - A Death at Crooked Creek: The Case of the Cowboy, the Cigarmaker, and the Love Letter SN - 9780814784570 AV - KF228.H543 .W47 2013 U1 - 346.73/08632 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - New York University Press KW - Hillmon, Sallie E. KW - Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York KW - Trials, litigation, etc KW - Evidence, Hearsay KW - United States KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Cases KW - Insurance crimes KW - Kansas KW - Trials KW - Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hillmon, 145 U.S. 285 (1892) KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/22604/ UR - http://www.udb.edu.sv/biblioteca/inicio_recursos_electronicos.php ER -