Hale v. Life Indemnity & Investment Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Pond, J., denying a motion for a new trial after a verdict in favor of plaintiff. The question referred to in defendant’s assignment of error No. 20 was if the witness knew whether a premium on another life policy had been paid.
1Opinion of the Court
START, C. J.2
This is an action on a policy of life insurance in the sum of $10,000, issued by defendant to James B. Bouse upon his own life on September 7, 1892, and assigned to the plaintiff. The assured died November 25, 1893; and plaintiff, claiming an insurable interest in his life, made and furnished proofs of his death to the defendant, and demanded payment of the policy to herself, by virtue of such assignment. Payment was refused.
These facts are duly alleged in the complaint. The answer admits the making of the policy, and alleges that the assured committed suicide. This phase of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance v. HillmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Commonwealth v. TrefethenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Dilleber v. . Home Life Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Smith v. National Benefit SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Chambers v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DonoughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- French v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
- Price v. Standard Life & Accident InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Ickes v. IckesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
- Central Copper Co. v. KlefischArizona Supreme Court · 1928
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