Legal Opinion

Mayer v. Illinois Life Insurance

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 14, 1918No. Gen. No. 23,148PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. William N. Gemmill, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1917.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matchett

Plaintiff in error sued defendant in error in the Municipal Court of Chicago on a policy of insurance issued to her deceased husband, Henry Mayer, in which she was named as beneficiary.

The case was tried by the court without a jury and this writ of error is brought to review a judgment in favor of the defendant.

The controversy arose by reason of the claim on the part of the defendant of the right to retain from the proceeds of the policy the principal and interest amounting to $3,860.09, represented by a certificate of loan executed and delivered by Henry Mayer to the defendant at the time he…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Insurance Co. v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Iowa Life Insurance v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  3. Crandall v. SorgIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Illinois Match Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1911
  5. People ex rel. Deneen v. Economy Light & Power Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1909

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Sudeikis v. Chicago Transit AuthorityAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
  2. Courtois v. MillardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988
  3. Davis v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1936
  4. Ginsburg v. BartlettAppellate Court of Illinois · 1931
  5. Equitable Life Insurance Co. of Iowa v. MitchellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1927

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