Legal Opinion

Kampf v. Franklin Life Insurance

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided June 13, 1960PublishedCited by 176 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schettino, J.

This appeal is from a Superior Court, Chancery Division summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff on cross motions in an action brought by a beneficiary of a 20-year term life insurance policy. The trial court’s opinion is reported at 56 N. J. Super. 185 (Ch. Div. 1959). We certified the matter on our own motion while the appeal was pending in the Appellate Division.

The case presents two issues for consideration. The first involves the determination of the date on which the contract of insurance required that the crucial premium payment…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Minnesota Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928
  2. Lenkutis v. New York Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
  3. McCampbell v. New York Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1923
  4. Swann v. Atlantic Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931
  5. Schwartz v. Northern Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1928

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3Cited by176 opinions

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  4. Onderdonk v. Presbyterian Homes of NJSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1981
  5. Gibson v. CallaghanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1999

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