Monahan v. Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Robert W. Wright, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Chateaus
A judgment was recovered ag’ainst appellant, the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for $3,275, by appellee, James P. Monahan, as administrator of the estate of Patrick H. Fay, deceased. This appeal by the Insurance Company brings up that judgment for review. The action was assumpsit on an insurance policy upon the .life of the decedent. Various defenses were interposed by the company, but it is not necessary for us to consider these, because the policy contains a clause as follows: “If this policy shall have been in continuous force after two years from…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Goodwin v. Provident Savings Life Assurance Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
- Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. GalbraithTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
- Teeter v. . United Life Ins. Assn.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
- McCully's Adm'r v. Phœnix Mutual Life Ins.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1881
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