Legal Opinion

Daniels Motor Sales Co. v. New York Life Insurance

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 29, 1920No. Gen. No. 25,901PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Harry Olson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1920.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom

delivered the opinion of the court.

The judgment brought to this court for review by this writ of error is of nil capiat upon a verdict instructed by the court, on motion of defendant, at the close of plaintiff’s proofs.

This suit is brought to recover the amount of an insurance policy, $25,000, in the defendant insurance company upon the life of the insured, William Brink-man, in which plaintiff was the beneficiary. Brinkman made a written application for the policy, in which is found the following condition:

“I Agree as Follows: That the insurance hereby applied for…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Continental Life Insurance v. RogersIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Lee v. Prudential Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  3. Ellis v. State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of WorcesterAppellate Court of Illinois · 1917
  4. Weber v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaIllinois Supreme Court · 1918

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Hamer v. Globe Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1926
  2. Laughlin v. North America Benefit Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1927
  3. Steinsultz v. Illinois Bankers Life Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1923
  4. Rogers v. Western & Southern Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1935
  5. Krajewski v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1940

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