Indiana National Life Insurance v. McGinnis
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Superior Court of Marion County (78,146) ; Vinson Gorier, Judge. Action by Melissa McGinnis against the Indiana National Life Insurance Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1394 Burns 1908, Acts 1901 p. 565.)
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
This suit was brought in June, 1909, to recover upon a life insurance contract issued on December 9, 1907, to John R. McGinnis of Gibson County, Indiana, and payable, $3,000 to appellee, the mother of the insured, and $2,000 to Emily S. McGinnis, the wife of the insured. John R. McGinnis died in Colorado on January 16, 1909:
The contract or policy in suit contained, among others, the following provisions: “Incontestability. After one year from date of issue this Policy shall be incontestable if the premiums have been duly paid.” “The insured may at any time during the continuance of this…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Massachusetts Benefit Life Ass'n v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Goodwin v. Provident Savings Life Assurance Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
- Wright v. Mutual Benefit Life Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Freund v. FreundIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Clement v. Insurance Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1898
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3Cited by57 opinions
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- Indiana Life Endowment Co. v. ReedIndiana Supreme Court · 1913
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. RoseDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1923
- Douglass v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
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