Voss v. Northwestern National Life Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. Prior to 1900 Ferdinand Voss, husband of plaintiff, was insured in tlie Northwestern Mutual Relief Association of Madison, Wisconsin, under a certificate bearing date February 1, 1884, in the sum of $2,000, upon the mutual assessment plan, which policy was canned by him until October 29, 1900. Upon the date last mentioned said Ferdinand Voss exchanged his life insurance certificate…
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. Ray Stevens, Circuit Judge. Prior to 1900 Ferdinand Voss, husband of plaintiff, was insured in tlie Northwestern Mutual Relief Association of Madison, Wisconsin, under a certificate bearing date February 1, 1884, in the sum of $2,000, upon the mutual assessment plan, which policy was canned by him until October 29, 1900. Upon the date last mentioned said Ferdinand Voss exchanged his life insurance certificate issued in 1884 for a new policy of insurance in the sum of $2,000 in the North-westem National Life Insurance Company, of…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed November 10, 1908:
Keewin, J.
Several contentions are made by appellant as grounds for reversal, and among others that the court *500erred in failing to find, as requested by defendant, tbat Eer-dinand Yoss was the agent of plaintiff in the insurance matters and that he and plaintiff accepted, adopted, and ratified the by-law of November 13, 1902, and elected to pay the premium provided by the policy and have it commuted accordingly. If the foregoing contentions are sustained no, others need be considered. There can be no doubt upon the evidence that the insuréd…
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