Star Accident Co. v. Sibley
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit. In the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Francis Adams, Judge, presiding. Declaration on an insurance policy; pleas; general issue, etc.; trial by jury; verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894, and affirmed. Statement of the Case.
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Memorandum.—Assumpsit. In the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Francis Adams, Judge, presiding. Declaration on an insurance policy; pleas; general issue, etc.; trial by jury; verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894, and affirmed. Statement of the Case. The facts as disclosed by the record show that appellant was a mutual accident association, incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois, for furnishing life indemnity or pecuniary benefits upon the death of a member, to the designated beneficiaries of such deceased…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Waterman
delivered the opinion of the Court.
We do not approve of the phraseology of some of the instructions given for the plaintiff, reading as they do, that if the jury find that the defendant, through its adjuster, “ was guilty of making to the-plaintiff the false and fraudulent representations as alleged by the plaintiff in her declaration,” yet we are of the opinion that the jury were not unduly influenced by such expression, and did not return their verdict because they took these instructions as an intimation by the court of an opinion upon the facts. ,
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