Legal Opinion

Lavender v. Continental Life Insurance

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 4, 1927No. 20270. Department OnePublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFrench, J.

The appellant as administrator seeks to recover upon an accident insurance policy issued upon the life of the deceased, Marcus Olay Lavender. At the close.of the plaintiff’s testimony, judgment was entered for the defendant, and this appeal was taken.

The facts do not seem to he seriously in dispute, and may be briefly summarized as follows:

The Spokesman-Beview, one of the large newspapers of the state, had issued to such of its readers as were willing to pay a small consideration therefor, a limited policy of accident insurance, the policy insuring, among other things,. . against death or…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. White v. Standard Life & Accident InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
  2. Modern Woodman Accident Ass'n v. ShryockNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Stanton v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
  4. Ploe v. International Indemnity Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Rorabaugh v. Great Eastern Casualty Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1921

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Guaranty Trust Co. v. Continental Life InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1930
  2. Doke v. United Pacific InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1942
  3. Inter-Southern Life Insurance v. FosterCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
  4. Wright v. Continental Life InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1928
  5. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America v. GrovesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1942

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