Knights Templar Masons' Life Indemnity Co. v. Gravett
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Trespass on the case. Appeal from the Circuit Court of V\ hite County; the Hon. Edmund D. Youngblood, Circuit Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, A. D. 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
Opotioh' of the Couet,
Scofield, J.
William Gravett, one of the appellees, sued appellant in the Circuit Court of White County, in an action of trespass on the case to recover damages for an alleged fraudulent declaration of forfeiture of a policy of insurance on his life, which was payable to Ellen Gravett, his wife, and his children or heirs in the order named. Upon the trial, appellant objected to the introduction of the policy in evidence, upon the ground that it showed no cause of action in William Gravett, whereupon the latter asked and obtained leave, against appellant’s objection, to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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