Legal Opinion
Juster v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 26, 1935No. 30,344PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Julius J. Olson, Justice.
Plaintiff, the beneficiary named in a policy of life insurance issued by defendant upon the life of her husband, brought this action to recover the amount of insurance promised thereby. When the parties rested each moved for an instructed verdict. Defend ant’s motion was based “upon the ground that * it conclusively 'appears as a matter of law that the policy lapsed for nonpayment of the third instalment of the first annual premium which Was due on September 7, 1933, and was at no time paid, it appearing that the date of death, October 23rd, was more than 31 days…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Williams v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- McCampbell v. New York Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1923
- Topinka v. Minnesota Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1933
- Stramback v. Fidelity Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Cantey, Adm'r v. Phila. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1932
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Bobich v. OjaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1960
- Phil G. Ruvelson, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
- Berry v. Prudential Ins. Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1939
- Wall v. Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1940
- Rein v. New York Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
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