Metropolitan Life Insurance v. McKenna
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, on an insurance policy. Appealed from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Francis Adams, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1897.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Windes
delivebed the opinion op the CouBT.
Appellant issued, April 23, 1894, its policy of insurance on the life of William Sheehan, by which it, among other things, agreed, in consideration of the payment of premiums therein mentioned, and upon proof of the death of the insured in the manner prescribed in the policy, to pay to his executrix $250, but provided by separate clauses of the policy that if said Sheehan should die of pulmonary disease within one year from the date of the policy, the payment should be only $125; and a further condition on which the policy was issued, was that Sheehan was in…
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