Legal Opinion
Kangas v. New York Life Insurance
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 4, 1923No. Docket No. 84PublishedCited by 42 opinions
Error to Houghton; Stone (John G.), J. Assumpsit by Jemina Kangas against the New York Life Insurance Company on a policy of insurance. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcDonald, J.
Plaintiff has brought this action as beneficiary in a life insurance policy issued by the defendant to her son, John E. Kangas. The policy, so far as it is material to the issues here involved, reads as follows:
“New York Life Insurance Company agrees to _ pay to Jemina Kangas, mother of the insured, beneficiary, three thousand dollars (the face of this policy) upon receipt of due proof of the death of John E. Kangas, the insured, or double the face of this policy upon the receipt of due proof that the death of the insured re-*240suited directly and independently of all other causes, from bodily…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. MeyerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Driskell v. United States Health & Accident InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1906
- American Bonding Co. v. MorrowSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- Abbott v. Travelers InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1920
3Cited by42 opinions
- Evans v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1946
- Pawlicki v. HollenbeckMichigan Supreme Court · 1930
- John P. McNally and Tom McNally D/B/A McNally Elevator Service Company, Plaintiff's-Appellees v. American States Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
- Bernadich v. BernadichMichigan Supreme Court · 1938
- First Nat. Bank v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1932
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