Legal Opinion
Coons v. Home Life Insurance Co. New York
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided February 16, 1938No. 24388. Reversed and judgment herePublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jones
The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed the judgment of the municipal court of Chicago for $3614 in favor of appellee, beneficiary in an insurance policy issued by appellant on the life-of appellee’s husband, William P. Coons. The trial was by the court without a jury. The cause is here on leave granted to appeal. The question is whether or not the policy was in force at the time of the death of the insured.
The policy was denominated an ordinary life policy. It was issued March 27, 1914, in the face amount of $5000. The premiums were payable quarterly, in advance, on the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Williams v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Rhine v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Wilkie v. New York Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
- McCampbell v. New York Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1923
- United States Life Ins. v. SpinksCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Case Foundation Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1973
- Oil Well Supply Co. v. New York Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Leslie v. Standard Accident InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1945
- Boyle v. Inter Insurance ExchangeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1948
- Schmidt v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
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