Federal Life Ins. v. Kemp
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. Action by R. Scott Kemp and others against the Federal Rife Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Circuit Judge.
In an action by the children, assignees of insured, on a $10,000 twenty-payment life policy issued by a company which was reinsured by defendant, judgment was entered on a directed verdict for plaintiffs in the sum of $8,475.41, the face of the policy less the amount concededly due on a loan, plus interest. The facts are not disputed; the controversy turns on the construction of the policy and the accompanying certificate of loan, the essential portions of which are copied as an appendix hereto.
Concededly, the policy lapsed on December 31, 1910, for nonpayment of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Francis v. Prudential InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Hay v. Meridian Life & Trust Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1913
- Anson v. New York Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
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- Federal Life Insurance v. SayreIndiana Supreme Court · 1924
- Neal v. Columbian Mutual Life Assurance SocietyMississippi Supreme Court · 1931
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