Legal Opinion

Continental Casualty Co. v. Johnson

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 17, 1905PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion County; the Hon. Samuel L. Dwight, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Higbee

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a suit on an accident insurance policy issued by appellant to Charles W. Johnson, August 16, 1902, by which appellant undertook to pay $2,500 to the children of the insured named in the policy, in case of his death, resulting from personal bodily injuries, through external, violent and purely accidental causes, provided such injuries should solely and independently of all other causes, necessarily result in his death within ninety days from the date of said accident. The policy also provided for an addition of five per…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. SchlinkIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. SullivanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Hooker v. Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1940
  2. Morris & Co. v. Rhode Island Insurance Co. of ProvidenceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1913
  3. Walter v. People's Health & Accident InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1913

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