Nielsen v. Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from Superior Court, City and County of San Francisco; George H. Bahrs, Judge. Action by Mathilda Nielsen against the Provident Savings Life Assurance Society of New York. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the Court
COOPER, C.
Action to recover $2,500 upon a policy of life insurance. The case was tried with a jury, and verdict rendered for plaintiff for the amount claimed. Judgment was accordingly entered, and from the judgment and order denying a new trial the defendant appeals.
On January 21, 1893, the defendant, in consideration of a premium of $43.70, issued its policy of insurance by which it promised to pay Mathilda Nielsen, wife of John Nielsen, $2,500 within sixty days after proof of the death of John Nielsen, provided such death should occur on or before the twenty-first day of January, 1894. The…
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wheeler v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Knapp v. Homeopathic Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. v. BarbourCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1891
- Dorr v. Phœnix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1877
- Thorensen v. Massachusetts Benefit Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
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