Legal Opinion

Landau v. New York Life Insurance

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 4, 1918PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. —Son. Wilson A. Tayior, Judge. (1) Under the statutory law of this State life insurance companies, their officers, agents, solicitors or representatives are inhibited from offering to pay, allow or give, directly or indirectly, as an inducement to insurance, any rebate or premium on the policy, and a penalty is provided for the violation of this inhibition as against the Insurance Company, its agents, solicitors or…

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. —Son. Wilson A. Tayior, Judge. (1) Under the statutory law of this State life insurance companies, their officers, agents, solicitors or representatives are inhibited from offering to pay, allow or give, directly or indirectly, as an inducement to insurance, any rebate or premium on the policy, and a penalty is provided for the violation of this inhibition as against the Insurance Company, its agents, solicitors or representatives. Sec. 6934, 6935 R. S. 1909. (2) A policy procured upon an offer to pay, allow or give a rebate of premium…

1Opinion of the CourtBeckeb, J.

Plaintiff seeks to recover of the defendant $1374.75 as for moneys had and received. The petition alleges that the defendant George C. Stinde'act*546ing for and on behalf of the defendant New York Life Insurance Company, procured from the plaintiff certain applications for policies of insurance to be issued by the defendant New York Life Insurance Company, on the life of the-plaintiff, and, as a direct inducement for plaintiff’s taking out the insurance defendant Stinde offered to pay, allow or give to plaintiff a rebate on the premiums payable on said policies; that plaintiff paid to the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Laun v. Pacific Mutual Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Rideout v. MarsMississippi Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Security Life & Annuity Co. v. CostnerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
  4. Interstate Life Assur. Co. v. DaltonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1908
  5. American National Insurance v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Ross v. Producers Mutual Insurance CompanyUtah Supreme Court · 1956
  2. O'Maley v. the Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1936
  3. McQueeny v. National Fidelity Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1942
  4. Fulton v. Kansas City Life InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1941
  5. Magers v. Kansas City Life InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1945

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