Duggans v. Covenant Mutual Life Ass'n
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill to Prevent a Forfeiture of an Insurance Contract.—Trial in the Circuit Court of McLean County; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding. Decree dismissing the bill; error by complainant. Heard in this court at the November term, 1809.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Wright
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a bill in equity filed by plaintiffs in error to prevent forfeitures of their certificates of insurance and to enforce a specific performance of their contracts made with defendant according to the terms thereof. Upon the hearing the court dismissed the bill for want of equity, and to reverse that decree this writ of error is prosecuted.
The case, in every essential particular, both of fact and principle, is like the case of Rowell v. Covenant Mutual Life Association, 84 Ill. App. 304, and we adhere to the views then…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Voigt v. KerstenIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Palmyra v. KnightIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Moore v. Chicago Guaranty Fund Life SocietyIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Covenant Mutual Life Ass'n v. TuttleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1900
- Rowell v. Covenant Mutual Life Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- Clifford v. Catholic Mutual Benefit Ass'nMichigan Supreme Court · 1919