Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Michigan Mutual Life Insurance

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided June 23, 1914No. 8271PublishedCited by 11 opinions

From Superior Court of Vanderburgh. County; F. M. Hostetter, Judge. Action by Clifton Thompson and others, by Charles Thompson, their next friend, against the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company. From a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtFelt, C. J.

Suit upon a life insurance policy alleged to have been issued on the life of Lulu Thompson, deceased. This is the second appeal of the case. Michigan Mut. Life *505Ins. Co. v. Thompson (1909), 44 Ind. App. 180, 86 N. E. 503.

The complaint alleges full performance of the conditions of the insurance contract on the part of the insured, and of appellants, her children, who were named as beneficiaries. Issues were joined by a general denial. At the close of the appellants’ evidence the court sustained appellee’s motion for a peremptory instruction directing a verdict in its favor. A verdict was…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Cruzan v. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1872
  2. Home Insurance v. GilmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Riehl v. Evansville Foundry Ass'nIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Indiana Insurance v. HartwellIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Indiana, Illinois & Iowa Railway Co. v. SnyderIndiana Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Continental Insurance v. BairIndiana Court of Appeals · 1917
  2. Miller v. United Pacific Casualty InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1936
  3. Reserve Loan Life Insurance v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
  4. Hedges v. MehringIndiana Court of Appeals · 1921
  5. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance v. LyonsSupreme Court of Florida · 1936

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