Manhattan Life Ins. v. Myers
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 57 — Action on a Policy of Life Insurance APPEAL FROM M’CEACKEN CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment fob Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. 1. On the 28th of January, 1897, the decedent, Wm. E. Myers, applied for and received from appellant two policies on his life, one' for $1,200, and the other .for $1,000. He paid one-fourth of premium in advance, and executed his six certain promissory notes, each note being for one-fourth of the premiums, for one of the two respective policies.
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Case 57 — Action on a Policy of Life Insurance APPEAL FROM M’CEACKEN CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment fob Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. 1. On the 28th of January, 1897, the decedent, Wm. E. Myers, applied for and received from appellant two policies on his life, one' for $1,200, and the other .for $1,000. He paid one-fourth of premium in advance, and executed his six certain promissory notes, each note being for one-fourth of the premiums, for one of the two respective policies. The notes were payable in two, four, and six months from January 28, 1897, and in each note' it was specified that “if…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
JUDGE HOBSON
Reversing.
Appellant, on January 28, 1897, issued two policies of insurance — No. 105,895 and No. 105,896 — on the life of William *E. Myers in favor of Ms wife, appellee Hattie M. Myers; one for $1,000, and the other for $1,200. The undertaking of the appellant, as set out in the first policy, so far as matérial, is in these words: “In consideration of the application for this policy and the statements and covenants therein contained, which are a part of this contract, and of the annual premium of $18.30, to be paid in advance to the company at its office in…
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