Federal Life Insurance v. Kerr
Indiana Supreme Court
From Dubois Circuit Court; E. A. Ely, Judge. Action by William R. Kerr against the Federal Life Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1394 Burns 1908, subd. 2, Acts 1901, p. 565, §10.
1Opinion of the CourtMyees, J.
The Model Life Insurance Company, a mutual company organized under an act of the G-eneral Assembly of March 9, 1897 (Acts 1897, p. 318, §4739 et seq. Burns 1908), issued a policy of insurance for $1,000 on the life of Clara A. Kerr, dated March 4, 1902, appellee herein, her husband, being named as beneficiary.
On March 12,1904, appellant herein entered into a written contract with the Model Life Insurance Company, under the provisions of §4753, supra, for the transfer by the latter to the former of all its property, assets and risks, the consideration being the conditional assumption of the…
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