Mutual Life Insurance v. Allen
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of trover. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria County; the Hon. Nicholas E. Worthington, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1903.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
This is an action of trover with a count in case, brought by Kate M. Allen, widow of J. H. Allen, deceased, for the use of Arthur Keithley, against the Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hew York and Joseph Clarke.
The facts out of which this action arose are, that on September 30, 1901, J. H. Allen made an application, through appellant Clarke, the agent, to the Mutual Life Insurance Company for a policy on his life in the sum of $20,000. The applicant was examined by Dr. S. O. Loughbridge, the regular medical examiner for the company at Peoria. The application was duly approved and about…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Whitehead v. . New York Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Hayes v. Massachusetts Mutual Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
- Phenix Insurance v. HartIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. SchlinkIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Tedrick ex rel. Ruffner v. WellsIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Kilborn v. Prudential InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- St. Albans Granite Co. v. Elwell & Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1915
- People ex rel. Scholes v. KeithleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- King County v. United States Merchants & Shippers InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1929
- Caplin v. Penn. Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1917
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