Franklin Life Insurance v. Wallace
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Superior Court of Marion County.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
— The appellant is an insurance company belonging to the class known as mutual insurance companies, and the plan of its organization, like that of all companies of that class, is that the policy-holders shall share in the dividends accruing from its business. On the 7th day of August, 1866, it issued to the appellee’s intestate, Eli A. Hall, the policy on which this action is based.
At a prominent place in the policy, and in large type, is printed the words “Non-Forfeiting Policy,” and in the introductory part of the instrument is this provision : “ This policy witnesseth that the Franklin…
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