Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Quandt
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a policy of insurance. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Arthur H. Chetlain, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Gary"
delivered the opinion op the Court.
This is an action upon a policy of life insurance issued by the appellant upon the life of John W. E. Quandt, who was the son of the appellee.
There is but one question in the case which touches the real merits.
John was between seventeen and eighteen years of age, and was examined by a physician for the appellant about three weeks before the policy was issued. He was then in good health, and the fair inference from the evidence is that the physician then wrote an application for insurance on the life of the boy, payable in case of his death…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ætna Insurance v. MaguireIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
- N. E. Fire & M. Ins. v. SchettlerIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. AmermanIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Pittsburgh, Ft. W. & C. Ry. Co. v. CallaghanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
- Opaque Cloth Shade Co. v. VeightIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
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