State Life Insurance v. Pletcher
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Elkhart Superior Court; William B. Hile, Judge. Action by Ada Pletcher against the State Life Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtNichols, J.
— Action by appellee against appellant upon an insurance policy in which she was named as the beneficiary.
The complaint was answered in 'three paragraphs, the first a denial, and the second and third involving false and fraudulent answers in the application for insurance.
A demurrer to the appellee’s second paragraph of reply which paragraph involves the question of estoppel, was overruled.
The cause was submitted to a jury for trial, and, at the close of the evidence, appellee filed her motion to instruct the jury to return a verdict for $5,000 in her favor which motion was sustained by the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Phoenix Insurance v. OvermanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1899
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