Legal Opinion

Sachs v. North American Life Insurance

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided April 29, 1930PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFritz, J.

• Action to recover on a life insurance policy dated November 3, 1928, and insuring plaintiffs’ son, Coleman I. Sachs, who died November 22, 1928. No premium was ever paid. A. S. Williams, defendant’s local agent at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, solicited the insurance. He was a district agency manager for several insurance companies and solicited insurance for the defendant, b'ut there is no proof that he was a general agent of the defendant. In the application, which is expressly made part of the contract and which was signed by Solomon Sachs, it was provided:

“That the insurance hereby applied for…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Hankins v. Rockford Insurance Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Bourgeois v. Mutual Fire InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893
  3. McDonald v. Provident Savings Life Assurances SocietyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Stevens v. Queen Insurance Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
  5. Stilp v. New York Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1918

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Youngblood v. Prud. Ins. Co. of AmericaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  2. Cullen v. Travelers InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1934
  3. McKinnon v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insusance Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1933
  4. Anderson v. Indiana Liberty Mutual InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1934
  5. Kauphusman v. Home Mutual Hail-Tornado InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1931

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