and unmarried." They had one son, and no other children; and the
f if-it:-i marriage *having been dissolved by Act of Parliament, the
L J plaintiff married again, and effected a policy with the Asylum
Life Office on the 13th of February, 1826, for two years upon the life
of his son, to provide against his death before he attained the age of
twenty-one years. The son did attain that age on the 2nd of June,
1827, and on the 5th of January following made his will, and thereby
gave all his real and personal estate to his father, and appointed him sole
executor, and died on the 11th of the same month. In an action against
the office, Lord Tenterden nonsuited the plaintiff, on the ground that,
not having any pecuniary interest in the life of his son at the time when
he effected the policy, the same was void under the statute ; giving him
, liberty to move to enter a nonsuit if the Court should be of opinion that
he had an insurable interest. In delivering the judgment of the Court,
Bailey, J. said, " It is enacted by the 3rd section of the 14th Geo. 3, c.
