Legal Opinion

Life Ass'n v. Winn

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 14, 1896PublishedCited by 24 opinions

FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal in error from Second Circuit Court of Davidson County. Claude Waller, J.

1Opinion of the CourtBeard, J.

The plaintiff in error, a mutual life insurance company, located in Philadelphia, on December 28, 1891, issued to Dr. Charles W. Winn *225a policy on his life for $5,000, payable at his death to his Avife, the defendant in error. In January, 1893, the assured died. The company, treating this as a lapsed or forfeited policy, declined to make payment on it to, the ■ beneficiary, and thereupon this suit was brought. The trial resulted in a verdict against the defendant below. From the judgment on this verdict an appeal has been prayed to this Court. A number of errors are assigned, only one of which…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Martin v. StubbingsIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Smith v. National Benefit SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  3. Masonic Mutual Benefit Society v. BurkhartIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  4. Union Mutual Ass'n v. MontgomeryMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
  5. Presbyterian Mutual Assurance Fund v. AllenIndiana Supreme Court · 1886

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Spaulding v. Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1920
  2. Cooper v. WrightTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Rosman v. Travelers' Insurance Co. of ConnecticutCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1916
  4. Ogden v. CampNebraska Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Langdeau v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907

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