Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Life Insurance Co. v. Ovesen
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided January 22, 1935PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Ratliff
Reversing.
In October, 1928, the appellant, Commonwealth Life Insurance Company, for a paid premium, issued to August Ovesen an insurance policy in the sum of $5,000, in which it was provided that if, while the policy was in forcé and effect and before the insured reached the age of 60, he should, as a result of injury or disease, “ become totally and permanently disabled so as to be unable at any time to perform any work or engage in any business of any kind, character or description for compensation or profit,” the company would pay him a monthly income of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Houlihan v. . Preferred Accident Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. NoeTennessee Supreme Court · 1930
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. WheatleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
- Romans v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
- Duncan Coal Co. v. Thompson's AdministratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
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3Cited by12 opinions
- McKinney v. HeiselKentucky Supreme Court · 1997
- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of U.S. v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
- Equitable Life Assurance Society v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1935
- Yoffa v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. ShemwellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
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