Northwestern Life Assurance Co. v. Schulz
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on a policy of life insurance. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Samuel C. Stouqh, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Shepard
delivered the opinion of the court.
Some time in 1885, the appellant company issued to one Mathias Schulz an assessment benefit certificate, payable at his death, which, in 1898, it desired to take up and retire, and to issue to Schulz in place thereof, a new ordinary life plan policy, on which regular stipulated premiums should be paid instead of the former assessments. Accordingly, acting through its authorized agents, it solicited Schulz to that end. The result of the interviews between appellant’s agents and Schulz, in the matter, was that Schulz made an…
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