Legal Opinion
New England Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 22, 1928No. 3 Div. 830PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.
(after stating the facts as above). We are of opinion that furnishing proof of disability to the insurer is made a condition precedent to the waiver of premium payments under the supplemental agreement set out in the special plea above. This agreement declares:
“If the insured * * * shall furnish due proof to the company, at its home office in the city of Boston, that he has become wholly disabled by bodily injury or disease, * * * the company will waive payment of each premium as it thereafter becomes due during the continuance of such disability.”
The intervening clauses name the conditions…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Thompson v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Woodmen Accident Ass'n v. PrattNebraska Supreme Court · 1901
- New York Life Ins v. AlexanderMississippi Supreme Court · 1920
- Watts v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- Wick v. Western Union Life InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1918
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- McGifford v. Protective Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. DorrietySupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
- Smith v. Missouri State Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1932
- Swann v. Atlantic Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931
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