Keller v. North American Life Insurance
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the First Branch Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar E. Heard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
December 30, 1911, the North American Life Insurance Company, appellee, issued two policies for $50,000 each on the life of Rudolph C. Keller, in which Keller’s estate was named as the beneficiary. December 30, 1912, Keller failed to pay the second annual premium and the policies subsequently lapsed. February 19, 1913, Keller made application for re-instatement, and at the same time requested that one of the policies be canceled, and that two new policies be issued in lieu thereof, — one for $30,000, naming Keller’s estate as the beneficiary, and the other for $20,000, naming Eleanor Delaney…
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- Iowa Life Insurance v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Klein v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Chapman v. North American Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
- Monahan v. Fidelity Mutual Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Fidelity Mut. Life Ins. v. PriceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
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