Feierman v. Eureka Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Kephart,
The policy of insurance on which suit was brought contained a clause, “This policy......shall be incontestable after two years from its date of issue except for nonpayment of premiums.” The insured died within-two years from its date of issue, but proof of death was filed thereafter. Defendant refused to pay the insurance on the ground that the insured had made material representations relative to his risk that were false. In answer to the interrogatory whether he had been refused insurance by another company, he replied he had not, when the fact was three or…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Wright v. Mutual Benefit Life Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Ramsey v. Old Colony Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- Hardy v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1920
- Central Trust Co. v. Fidelity Mutual Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
- Lawler v. Home Life Insurance Co. of AmericaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
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- Stiegler v. Eureka Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1925
- Ulakovic v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Franklin Life Insurance Company v. Mary E. Bieniek and Sewickley Savings & Loan AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- Ludwinska v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. PrescottSupreme Court of Florida · 1937
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