Carpenter v. Centennial Mutual Life Ass'n
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Des Moines Circuit Court. This is an action in chancery on a policy of insurance upon the life of Henry L. Carpenter. Plaintiff is his widow, and prays that defendant may be required to make assessments upon holders of its policies to pay the amount insured upon he life of her deceased husband, as provided for in the policy.
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Appeal from Des Moines Circuit Court. This is an action in chancery on a policy of insurance upon the life of Henry L. Carpenter. Plaintiff is his widow, and prays that defendant may be required to make assessments upon holders of its policies to pay the amount insured upon he life of her deceased husband, as provided for in the policy. The defendant, as a defense to the action, alleges that when the assured died he had made default in the payment of an assessment which, under a condition of the policy, rendered it void. The cause was tried upon an agreed statement of facts, and a decree was…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The agreed statement of facts upon which the case was tried is in the following language: “(1) The plaintiff was the wife of Henry L. Carpenter at the date of his death. (2) On the twenty-second day of May, 1883, the defendant association issued the policy declared upon, insuring the life of Henry L. Carpenter. (3) The insured, in his life-time, had not been liable to pay any assessments or dues, except the $5 dues which fell due December 1,1883. (4) The plaintiff had no knowledge of the condition of said insurance, or that the dues became delinquent December 1, 1883, until after the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Klein v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Wheeler v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
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