wagering policy
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 82 U.S. 643 - Cammack v. Lewis · 1872Most cited · 12 citing opinions
To procure a policy for $3000 to cover a debt of $70 is of itself a mere wager. The disproportion between the real interest of the creditor and the amount to be received by him deprives it of all pretence to be a bona fide effort to secure the debt
How often courts cite the case defining “wagering policy”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “wagering policy” — 65 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.