Bennett v. Mass. Mutual Life Ins.
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM GIBSON. Appeal from Chancery Court of Gibson County. John S. Cooper, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtWilKes, J.
This is a bill to recover back premiums which were paid by complainants upon a life *373insurance policy in the defendant company. These premiums are sought to be recovered' upon the ground that, while the assured made true answers to all questions asked him by the medical examiner of the company touching his physical condition and family and personal history, they were not by the examiner written down as directed by the assured, but false and incorrect answers were written down by the examiner, without the knowledge or assent of the assured; and that complainant, the assured, did mot know that…
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- Insurance Co. v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Grattan v. . Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1880
- New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance v. BakerSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Providence Life Assurance Society v. ReutlingerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
- Pudritzky v. Supreme Lodge Knights of HonorMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
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