Sheanon v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Bane County. Action upon an accident insurance policy for $3,000, issued to the plaintiff’s testator; by which he was insured for the term of twelve months, to be paid, etc., after due notice and satisfactory proof (1) “ that the insured, during the continuance of the policy, has sustained such violent and accidental injuries as shall be externally visible on his person, and which alone shall have caused his death within ninety days from the…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Bane County. Action upon an accident insurance policy for $3,000, issued to the plaintiff’s testator; by which he was insured for the term of twelve months, to be paid, etc., after due notice and satisfactory proof (1) “ that the insured, during the continuance of the policy, has sustained such violent and accidental injuries as shall be externally visible on his person, and which alone shall have caused his death within ninety days from the date of such accident, or, if this policy be issued for both death and indemnity [as was the case], the company will…
1Opinion of the CourtPinney, J.
1. The evidence clearly shows that the injury received by the assured justly and properly entitled him to receive $3,000, according to the terms of the policy, for the entire loss of both feet. As early as the 20th of January after the injury the company had full notice of the facts and circumstances of the case, and were informed by the letter of “ Donald Ross, R.,” dated the 16th of that month, that the wound the assured had received had caused *521permanent paralysis of his legs, and that the doctors said he would ultimately die; that “ to all practical purposes he has lost the entire limbs;”…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Schultz v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
- Butler v. Regents of the UniversityWisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
- Lusted v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
- Fuller v. Madison Mutual InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1875
- Sanger v. DunWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
3Cited by18 opinions
- Och v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Sanford v. Royal InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1895
- Girard v. St. Louis Car Wheel Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Kelly v. Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1908
- Weidner v. Standard Life & Accident InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
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