Ijams v. Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court . — Hon. Edward P. Gates, Judge. (1) If plaintiff, after being deceitfully induced to take tbis insurance, and lulled into tbe belief for seven years that he had what he had applied for, and until his age and physical infirmities had become such that he could get no other insurance in a reputable company, is entitled to any relief at all, then undoubtedly the second count states a cause of action.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court . — Hon. Edward P. Gates, Judge. (1) If plaintiff, after being deceitfully induced to take tbis insurance, and lulled into tbe belief for seven years that he had what he had applied for, and until his age and physical infirmities had become such that he could get no other insurance in a reputable company, is entitled to any relief at all, then undoubtedly the second count states a cause of action. The evidence offered in support of our contention, in so far as the condition of plaintiff is concerned, shows that plaintiff’s physical condition is such that he…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.
On the 4th day of September, 1900, plaintiff filed in the circuit court of Jackson county, the following petition in two counts:
“ Plaintiff states that the defendant is and at all the dates hereinafter mentioned was a corporation, and as such doing a life assurance business in the State of Missouri; that on the fifteenth day of January, 1892, plaintiff applied to defendant for insurance upon his life in the sum of ten thousand dollars, payable at plaintiff’s death to his wife, Martha L. Ijams, at an annual level-rate premium of $217.20 on the yearly renewable-term plan; that defendant on…
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