Legal Opinion

Modern Woodmen of America v. Atkinson

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 2, 1913PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (Common Pleas Branch, First Division).

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming.

Ish S. Atkinson was examined on October 24, 1910, for membership in the Modern Woodmen of America. The membership carried $1,000 life insurance. In answer to the usual questions propounded in such cases, he said he was then in good health, and had never had consumption.

*528Atkinson worked in a lumber yard, and about that time had been caught in a rain and contracted what seemed to be no more than a cold, or a sore throat. The medical examination showed no symptoms of tuberculosis. Between December 7th and 15th, Atkinson was treated for laryngitis by…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904
  2. Western & Southern Life Ins. v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. KudobaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. National Life & Accident Insurance v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1926
  3. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. WaltersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
  4. Hungate v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1932
  5. Interstate Life & Accident Insurance v. McMahonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935

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