Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co. v. Bomchel
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Justice.
The primary question argued on this appeal is whether section 8365, Code, applies to contracts for the reinstatement of life insurance policies, which are in themselves complete policies in every respect, and, if so; to what extent in respect to that here involved. That is what is known as the incontestable feature of the insurance law, often also set out in the contract of insurance.
The statute makes it incontestable for fraud or irregularities in the application, after two annual premiums have been paid on the policy.
The policy in the instant case also provides for…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- MacDonald v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Reliance Life Ins. Co. v. SneedSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. LovejoySupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. SeymourCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1930
- Higgins v. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1932
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- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. First Nat. Bank of BirminghamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
- Spencer v. Kemper Investors Life Insurance Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1988