Legal Opinion

Protection Life Insurance v. Dill

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1878PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig

The policy declared upon was not in the possession of appellees, and was not introduced in evidence on the trial, but parol evidence was offered and admitted to establish the execution of the policy and its contents. While the parol evidence introduced was not as satisfactory and conclusive as the policy itself, had it been produced, yet the evidence was competent, as tending ■ to prove the existence and contents of the policy declared upon, and the court did not err in overruling the motion of appellant to exclude the proof from the jury.

The appellant, after making proof of the loss of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Chase v. Sycamore & Courtland RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
  2. Wilday v. McConnelIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Chittenden v. EvansIllinois Supreme Court · 1866

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Baker v. ThompsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1949
  2. Lookabaugh v. BowmakerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
  3. Sontag v. O'HareAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898
  4. Winfield Building & Loan Ass'n v. McMullenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1898
  5. Zarneke v. KitzmanSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1921

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