Illinois Commercial Men's Ass'n v. Parks
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Cir'cuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Action by P'lorence E. Parks against the Illinois Commercial Men’s Association. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
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In Error to the Cir'cuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Action by P'lorence E. Parks against the Illinois Commercial Men’s Association. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. The plaintiff in error is an accident insurance association and defendant below, in a suit brought by the beneficiary under one of its policies to recover the amount thereby insured, wherein trial of the issues resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff (defendant in error); and various errors are assigned for reversal under the present writ. The only…
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAN, Circuit Judge.
The Illinois Commercial Men’s Association issued the policy of accident insurance in suit to Rodney N. Parks, on December 5, 1903, naming his wife, Elorence E. Parks (defendant in error), as the beneficiary. On September 30, 1904, the assured received severe injuries from a fall on a sidewalk, in Springfield, Minn., striking the corner of an iron hitching post and rail, wounding his chest and fracturing his first left rib, and death ensued within a few minutes. In lier suit thereupon the beneficiary recovered the verdict and judgment from which this writ of error is…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Accident Insurance v. CrandalSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Freeman v. Mercantile Mutual Accident Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- National Masonic Acc. Ass'n of Des Moines v. ShryockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1896
- Fetter v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- White v. Standard Life & Accident InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
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- New York Life Ins. Co. v. SchlatterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
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