Anderson v. Aetna Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Emmet District Court. — D. F. Coyle, Judge. Action in equity, to recover on a policy of insurance. The defendant company admitted liability, and interpleaded the other defendants as claimants under said policy. The defendant Boberts claims to be an assignee of said policy, and the defendant Kirby claims to have an interest in the same as the assignee of Boberts, for collateral security. The court dismissed the plaintiff’s petition. —
1Opinion of the CourtFaville, J.
— Appellant’s intestate, Dr. Albert Anderson, was a practicing physician in the city of Estherville, Iowa. The appellee Josepha A. Boberts is a nurse. The record tends to *1038show that, in the spring of 1916, negotiations were entered into between these parties whereby Miss Roberts undertook to and did erect a hospital, to be used by Dr. Anderson and to be under his control. While the parties were so operating said hospital, on April 6, 1916, Dr. Anderson applied to the agent of the Aetna Life Insurance Company for a policy of insurance upon his life, and a policy of $5,000 was issued on April…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- New York Mutual Life Insurance v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Grigsby v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Steinback v. . DiepenbrockNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Hawley v. Ætna Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
- Moore v. Chicago Guaranty Fund Life SocietyIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
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