Legal Opinion

Mississippi Valley Life Ins. v. Neyland

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided April 7, 1872PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Case 47-PETITION ORDINARY- APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COMMON PLEAS COURT. CITED Story on Agency, secs. 98, 99, 103, 413. Flanders on Insurance, 205. ■ Angelí on Insurance, secs. 140-148, 319, 315, 175, 807-310, 317-320. Bunyan on Life Insurance, 31. 1Phil, on Ins., secs. 755, 233, 278-287, 296, 297, 351-360. 1 Bigelow, 175, Miles v. Conn. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. 6 T. R. 710, Worsley v. WoocL 8 Met. (Mass.) 114, Houghton v. Man. Mut. Fire Ins.

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Case 47-PETITION ORDINARY- APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COMMON PLEAS COURT. CITED Story on Agency, secs. 98, 99, 103, 413. Flanders on Insurance, 205. ■ Angelí on Insurance, secs. 140-148, 319, 315, 175, 807-310, 317-320. Bunyan on Life Insurance, 31. 1Phil, on Ins., secs. 755, 233, 278-287, 296, 297, 351-360. 1 Bigelow, 175, Miles v. Conn. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. 6 T. R. 710, Worsley v. WoocL 8 Met. (Mass.) 114, Houghton v. Man. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. 6 Cush. 42, Vose v. Eagle Life and Health Ins. Co. 3 Denio. 255, Newcastle Fire Ins. Co. v. McMonan. 2 Denio, 75, Jennings v. Chenango County Mut. Ins. Co. 1…

1Opinion of the Court

JUDGE LINDSAY

delivered the opinion oe the court.

This action is for the recovery of ten thousand dollars, the amount of a policy of insurance issued to. Cornelia A. Neyland *433upon the life of her husband, W. Neyland, by the Mississippi Valley Life Insurance Company.

The application was made to Hollyman, an agent of the company authorized to solicit insurance and to receive applications therefor, on the 8th of September, 1868. He on that day delivered to the applicant a receipt signed by one M. S. Myers, agent, termed a “binding receipt,” which acknowledged that the first annual premium (the sum…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Sheldon v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1856
  2. St. Louis Mutual Life Ins. v. KennedyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1869

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  1. Farnum v. Phoenix InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
  2. American Employers' Liability Insurance v. FordyceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1896
  3. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. NeafusCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1911
  4. Kilborn v. Prudential InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
  5. Aetna Life Insurance v. FallowTennessee Supreme Court · 1903

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