Day v. Connecticut General Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit on a policy of insurance issued by the defendants, a life insurance company, upon the life of James B. Colt, in favor of one A. B. "West, by whom it was assigned for a valuable consideration to the plaintiff; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and tried to the jury on the general issue, with notice that the defendants should claim that the policy had become void by reason of a breach of one of its conditions by the assured, before Beardsley, J. The…
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Assumpsit on a policy of insurance issued by the defendants, a life insurance company, upon the life of James B. Colt, in favor of one A. B. "West, by whom it was assigned for a valuable consideration to the plaintiff; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and tried to the jury on the general issue, with notice that the defendants should claim that the policy had become void by reason of a breach of one of its conditions by the assured, before Beardsley, J. The declaration set out the policy, which was dated October 27th, 1866, and was for $10,000, averred the performance of all…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This action is brought upon a policy of insurance upon the life of James B. Colt. The policy is recited in the declaration. It .is then averred that the defendants assumed and faithfully promised to perform all the stipulations and agreements in that instrument on their part to be performed, and to keep the policy in force for the term of the whole continuance of the life of the said Colt upon the terms and conditions therein set forth. It then alleges payment of the annual premiums until October 28th, 1872, on which day another payment fell due for the year then next ensuing, and a tender of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Daniels v. NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Dugan v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1872
- McAllister v. New England Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Howland v. Continental Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
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- Standley v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. RoseDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1923
- Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n v. FerrenbachCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
- Bell v. Philadelphia Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1935
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