Straight v. American Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pplk District Court. — Lawrence DeGraff, Judge. Action at law to recover upon an alleged contract of life insurance. There was a directed' verdict and judgment for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
1. Insurance: the contract in general: issuance. On the 21st day- of January, 1915, Willis A. Straight, living at the town of Auburn, in Sac County, Iowa, made application to the defendant company, through one of its agents, for a policy of life insuranee in the sum of $10,000, and made advanee payment, in cash and note, of' the first year’s premium). On January 31, 1915, ten days after the date of the application, and before any policy had been delivered to him, Straight died. This action is brought to recover the amount of the contemplated insurance. The petition alleges, first, that the…
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