Legal Opinion

Ellis v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance

California Supreme Court

Decided August 4, 1896No. S. F. No. 144PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. J. M. Seawell, Judge. The facts are" stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Searls, C.

This is an action to recover upon an insurance policy issued by the defendant, a corporation, organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Massachusetts, on the seventeenth day of December, 1878, to William H. Ellis of New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana, insuring the life of him, the said William H. Ellis, for two thousand dollars, loss payable to Leila Ellis, wife of the insured and plaintiff herein.

• A demurrer was interposed to plaintiff’s amended complaint based upon the ground that said complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Tebbets v. Fidelity and Casualty Co.California Supreme Court · 1909
  2. People v. BreshiCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1919

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