Metropolitan Life-insurance v. Elison
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Lyon district court; Dennis Madden, judge. STATEMENT. Action on an insurance policy issued on the life of Adolph Elison for $2000, running twenty years, with quarterly premiums of $13.96, his wife, Lizzie Elison, being named as beneficiary.
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Error from Lyon district court; Dennis Madden, judge. STATEMENT. Action on an insurance policy issued on the life of Adolph Elison for $2000, running twenty years, with quarterly premiums of $13.96, his wife, Lizzie Elison, being named as beneficiary. She brought this action, alleging the issuance of the policy on July 18, 1900, the death of her husband on December 1, 1900, and setting up a contract between herself and husband on the one part, and his uncle, Casper Elison, on the other, by which an interest in the policy to the extent of $1000 was assigned to Casper Elison in consideration…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, C. J.:
The controlling question in the case is, Can the beneficiary, Lizzie Elison, who joined in the contract by which the insurance on her husband’s life was assigned to Casper Elison, recover on the policy? In her petition, and in part as a basis of recovery, she set. up the contract, which appears to have been entered into with Casper Elison twelve days after the policy was issued. The demurrer to the petition raised the question whether, under the facts stated, as well as those admitted by the recitals of the contract, she had stated a…
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