Devier v. Economic Life Ass'n
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clinton District Court. — IIon. P. B. Wolfe, Judge. Action to recover upon two policies of life insurance. Both parties appeal'from certain intermediate orders of the court. The appeal of defendant having been first perfected, it will be denominated the “appellant.”
1Opinion of the CourtWaterman, J.
Plaintiffs sued as beneficiaries named in two policies of insurance issued by defendant company upon the life of one Hugh W. Devier, deceased. They alleged that the policies were in the possession of defendant. Thereafter, on June 5, 1897, the defendant filed a motion to compel plaintiffs to set out the terms of the contract. On August 5 following, plaintiffs filed a petition praying for an inspection of the books and papers of defendant company. Pending the hearing of this application the court sustained defendant’s motion, and ordered plaintiffs to set out the particulars of the contracts.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cook v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1888
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