Legal Opinion
Equitable Life Assurance Society v. McCausland
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 19, 1938No. Appeal, 12PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stern,
On February 18, 1925, plaintiff company executed and delivered to defendant Albert T. McCausland a policy of life insurance in the sum of $2,830. His wife, Ethel L. McCausland, co-defendant, was named as beneficiary. The annual premiums were regularly paid until February 18, 1935, when a default occurred. On March 18th, McCausland went with a friend to the company’s office and made arrangements for an extension of payments of the overdue premium on a basis of monthly installments. These were paid in March, April, May and June, but there was default in the one due…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- N.Y. Life Ins. Co. v. Brandwene Et Ux.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Brams v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
- Wick v. Western Union Life InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1918
- Courson v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Robbert v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United StatesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Buntz v. General American Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- ætna Life Ins. Co. v. MoyerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. LevineCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1943
- Safeguard Mutual Insurance v. HugginsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
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