Worthington v. Charter Oak Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The declaration, after stating the corporate character of the defendants, and their location at the city of Hartford, alleged that the plaintiff was on the 14th day of January, 1854, and until his death, the lawful wife of Lewis Worthington, who on that date and until his death resided in Greenville, in the state of South Carolina; that on the said 14th day of January, 1854, the said…
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Assumpsit on a policy of life insurance; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The declaration, after stating the corporate character of the defendants, and their location at the city of Hartford, alleged that the plaintiff was on the 14th day of January, 1854, and until his death, the lawful wife of Lewis Worthington, who on that date and until his death resided in Greenville, in the state of South Carolina; that on the said 14th day of January, 1854, the said Worthington applied to the defendants for insurance upon his life for the term of his natural life, and that afterwards,,…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This is an action on a policy of life insurance. The declaration sets out the policy, alleges the payment of the annual premium up to January 14th, 1862, the non-payment and an excuse for non-payment for that and the succeeding years, the death of the insured, proofs of death, and a refusal to pay. To the declaration there is a demurrer. The sufficiency of the declaration depends upon the legal effect of the non-payment of the premiums, considered •with reference to the facts alleged as an excuse.
A contract of life insurance is a peculiar contract. It has no parallel and few analogies in all…
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- Cohen v. . N.Y. Mutual Life Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- School District No. 1 v. DauchySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1857
- The Rapid, Perry, MasterSupreme Court of the United States · 1814
- The Julia, Luce, MasterSupreme Court of the United States · 1814
- Martine v. International Life Insurance Society of LondonNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
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