United States Life Insurance v. Vocke
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Kirk Hawes, Judge, presiding. This was assumpsit, originally brought by Elizabeth Kielgast, administratrix of the estate of Otto Wilhelm Kielgast, deceased, against the appellant, to recover upon a policy of life insurance on the life of the intestate.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Kirk Hawes, Judge, presiding. This was assumpsit, originally brought by Elizabeth Kielgast, administratrix of the estate of Otto Wilhelm Kielgast, deceased, against the appellant, to recover upon a policy of life insurance on the life of the intestate. The policy was dated July 22, 1884, and contained, among other things, a condition that if, within three years of said date, the insured should die by any act of self-destruction, whether voluntary or…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action brought by Elizabeth Kielgast, administratrix of the estate of Otto Wilhelm Kielgast, against the United States Life Insurance Company of the city of New York, to recover' the amount of a policy issued by the company to the deceased on the 22d day of July, 1884. To the declaration the defendant pleaded the general issue, and also filed one special plea, in which it set up that the policy of insurance contained a provision, that if, within three years from the date of the policy, the insured should die by any act of self-destruction whatever, the policy should become null…
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