Legal Opinion
Sommerio v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 30, 1937No. Gen. No. 39,037PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Friend
Plaintiff brought suit in the municipal court to recover $2,000 upon a receipt given her deceased husband, pursuant to an application for life insurance, no policy having issued. The case was tried by the court without a jury, resulting in findings and judgment against plaintiff, and this appeal followed.
The essential facts disclose that April 20, 1930, Joseph Ditore, defendant’s agent, took an application for intermediate monthly life insurance, which required no medical examination, from Thomas Som-' merio. At the same time Sommerio paid Ditore the first monthly premium of $3.26, and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Merchants' National Bank v. Nichols & Shepard Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Niemann v. Security Benefit Ass'nIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
- Field v. Missouri Life Ins. Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1930
- Jacobs v. New York Life InsuranceMississippi Supreme Court · 1893
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. SextonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Spence v. Washington National InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1943
- Wallace v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
- Deborah J. Anetsberger, Margaret H. Lepine and Joseph A. Ryan v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- David Rosenburg and Melia Rosenburg v. Lincoln American Life Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Vernon Fire & Casualty Insurance Co. v. ThatcherIndiana Court of Appeals · 1972
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