Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Young
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a life insurance policy. Trial in the City Court of Alton; the Hon. Alexander Hope, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Presiding J ustice Creighton
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action in assumpsit in the City Court of Alton, by appellee against appellant, to recover on a policy of insurance which appellant had issued on the life of appellee’s intestate.
The declaration consists of a special count on the policy and the common counts. Appellant files special pleas, setting up, in substance, that the policy is based on an application therefor made by appellee’s intestate; that the application is a part of the contract of insurance; that in the application intestate made answers to certain…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Continental Life Insurance v. RogersIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Thomas v. Fame InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Mutual Benefit Life Insurance v. RobertsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
- Bloomington Mutual Life Benefit Ass'n v. CumminsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
- Fame Insurance v. ThomasAppellate Court of Illinois · 1880
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