Continental Life Insurance v. Willets
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne Circuit. Harriet E. Willets brought this action in the court below, against the Continental Life Insurance Company of New York, upon a policy of insurance issued by said company upon the life of her husband, William J. Willets. The opinion contains a sufficient statement of facts as to all the questions decided, except that of the admission of the evidence of Gray.
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Error to Wayne Circuit. Harriet E. Willets brought this action in the court below, against the Continental Life Insurance Company of New York, upon a policy of insurance issued by said company upon the life of her husband, William J. Willets. The opinion contains a sufficient statement of facts as to all the questions decided, except that of the admission of the evidence of Gray. One Dewitt C. Johnson testified on behalf of the plaintiff, that on the morning after the death of Mr. Willets, he was in the office of Messrs. Ten winkle & McCune, the defendant’s agents, and there met Mr.…
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
The defendant in error, who ivas plaintiff below, brought action upon a policy of insurance, by which the life of her husband, William J. Willets, was insured in her favor. The issue of the policy by the company and its transmission to their general agents in Detroit, in whose hands it was at the time of the death of Willets, were not in dispute. The application for the policy contained the following clause immediately preceding the signature of the applicant :
*270“It is hereby declared that the above are fair and true answers to the foregoing questions, and it is acknowledged and agreed by the…
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