Mutual Life Insurance v. Rain
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Elliott, J.) The trial Court rejected all of the prayers offered and instructed the.jury as follows: “The jury are instructed that if they find the issue of the policy sued upon in this case by the defendant company, that said policy was upon the life of Rose Rain, for the benefit of her mother, Marie Rain, the plaintiff herein, and that said policy having been so issued, was in force at the date of the death of Rose Rain, in…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Elliott, J.) The trial Court rejected all of the prayers offered and instructed the.jury as follows: “The jury are instructed that if they find the issue of the policy sued upon in this case by the defendant company, that said policy was upon the life of Rose Rain, for the benefit of her mother, Marie Rain, the plaintiff herein, and that said policy having been so issued, was in force at the date of the death of Rose Rain, in so far as any default having taken place after the issue of the policy is concerned, and if they further find that at…
1Opinion of the CourtWorthington, J.
This is a suit upon a. policy of life insurance issued by the appellant to the appellee upon the life of appellee’s daughter, Rose Rain.
The policy is dated June 24th, 1905, and the death of the insured occurred on December 13th, 1906.
The amount of the insurance was $180, and the weekly premium of ten cents was paid regularly, for about seventy-five weeks, until the insured’s death.
The “substantial defense” to the claim of the beneficiary for the amount of the insurance, is that at the time of the issuance of the policy, the insured had consumption of the lungs, of which it is contended, she…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance v. MullanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1908
- Travelers' Insurance v. NicklasCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1898
- Mutual Life Insurance v. StibbeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1877
- Mutual Life Insurance v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1905
3Cited by14 opinions
- Stiegler v. Eureka Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1925
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. SamisCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1937
- Loving v. Mutual Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1922
- Monumental Life Insurance v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1964
- Billingsley v. KellyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
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