Legal Opinion
Baker v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 1, 1945No. Civ. No. 14561PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FOX, J. pro tem.
This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff who was the sole beneficiary under a policy of life insurance issued by defendant on the life of Garrett O. Wigell. The action was defended upon the ground that the policy lapsed prior to the death, of the insured and this is the sole issue in the case. The exact *781question is whether there were sums in defendant’s hands which it should have so applied as to leave available a sufficient amount to pay the quarterly premium which fell due June 30, 1933.
The policy was issued on March 31, 1920. It was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Williams v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Board of Assessors of the Parish v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Gardner v. National Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1931
- Meilander v. Penn Mutl. L. Ins. Co.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1938
- Eckstein v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1937
3Cited by1 opinion
- Gaunt v. Prudential Insurance of AmericaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967