Legal Opinion
Backstrom v. New York Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 22, 1931No. 28,297PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
In a suit to recover on a life insurance policy the defendant prevailed on its defense of suicide. The plaintiff appeals from an order denying his motion for a new trial.
The only serious question presented by the appeal is whether or not the court erred in admitting in evidence over plaintiff’s objection a medical certificate of death made by the coroner, who was a physician. This certificate stated the cause of death as “suicide by firearm.”
Section 5357 of the chapter on public health, G. S. 1923 (1 Mason, 1927) c. 29, requires the undertaker having charge of the burial of the body to obtain…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Thompson v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Davis v. . Supreme Lodge, Knights of HonorNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- In Re Estate of OlsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1929
- Gilchrist v. Mystic Workers of the WorldMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
- Beglin v. . Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. DeZelerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
- Morton v. Equitable Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1934
- California State Life Insurance v. FuquaArizona Supreme Court · 1932
- State v. MartinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1972
- Liberty National Life Insurance v. PowerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
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