Legal Opinion
National Life Insurance v. Watson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided March 24, 1922PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from Fayette Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Thomas
Reversing.
On April 3, 1914, the appellant and defendant below, National Life Insurance Company, of Montpelier, Vermont, issued upon the life of Dr. W. Gr. Watson of Huntington, West Virginia, two policies, one for $2,000.00 and the other for $3,000.00, and each was made payable to his estate. In the applications which the insured signed to procure the policies and which were attached to them there was this, stipulation:
“If, within one year from the date of the policy, I shall suicide or destroy myself, sane or insane, the-policy shall be null and void and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Ritter v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. AkensSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Mutual Benefit Life Ins. v. Daviess' Ex'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1888
- Jefferson v. New York Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
- Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World v. ValentineCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Searle v. Allstate Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
- Aetna Life Insurance Company v. McLaughlinTexas Supreme Court · 1964
- Christensen v. New England Mutual LiFe InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- New York Life Insurance Co. v. DeanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Muzenich v. Grand Carniolian Slovenian Catholic Union of United States of AmericaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1941
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