Wilkinson v. Ætna Life Insurance
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Ben M. Smith, Judge, ' presiding. -
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This was an action of assumpsit commenced in the superior court of Cook county by the appellee, Laura S. Wilkinson, executrix of the will of John Wilkinson, deceased, against the appellant, the .¿Etna Life Insurance Company, upon two policies of accident insurance taken out in said insurance company by said John Wilkinson, one called a “Regular form accident policy” for $5000' and the other called a “Twentieth century combination accident policy” for $10,000, which last policy contained a provision that in case injuries to the insured were sustained “in consequence of the burning of a…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Travellers' Insurance v. McConkeySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Travelers Insurance v. SheppardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Mallory v. . the Travelers' Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Jones v. United States Mutual Accident Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
- Insurance Co. v. BennettTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
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- Jefferson Standard Life Insurance v. BentleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
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