Legal Opinion
Buck v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Washington Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1917No. 13810PublishedCited by 37 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Alston, J., entered June 6, 1916, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action upon a life insurance policy, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
— On January 8, 1901, appellant issued to respondent a life insurance policy in the sum of $1,000, containing the following option:
“If the assured be living and this policy is in force on the • twenty-second day of December, 1915, the said assured or assigns, may surrender the policy to the society and draw the guaranteed cash value of $1,000 together with the cash dividend then apportioned, consisting of the policy’s full share of the surplus profits as determined by the actuaries of the society.”
It was further provided in the policy that it should be indisputable after one year from its…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gray v. Supreme Lodge, Knights of HonorIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
3Cited by37 opinions
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- Baldwin v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1961
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