Rockford Insurance v. Warne
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane County; the Hon. Isaac Gr. Wilson, Judge, presiding, Statement by "Welch, J.. This action was brought on four promissory notes made by appellee to appellant — one for the sum of $40, dated May 17, 1883, due June 1, 1884, given in payment . of premium on policy of insurance No. 183812, on dwelling house and furniture of appellee.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane County; the Hon. Isaac Gr. Wilson, Judge, presiding, Statement by "Welch, J.. This action was brought on four promissory notes made by appellee to appellant — one for the sum of $40, dated May 17, 1883, due June 1, 1884, given in payment . of premium on policy of insurance No. 183812, on dwelling house and furniture of appellee. One note for the sum of $66, dated May 17, 1883, and due June' 1, 1884, in payment of premium on policy No. 183814, on farm property and stock. One for the suni of $36, dated May 17, 1883, and due May 1, 1884, in payment of…
1Opinion of the CourtWelch, J.
If there is any defense to these four notes we are unable to discover it. By the verdict and judgment appellant carried this insurance witnessed by the four policies for over a year for nothing. Even granting everything that is claimed, i. e., that he was over-persuaded by the agents of appellant to take this insurance, and that such agents misrepresented certain facts, which was the inducement to him to take the policies, i. e., that they wore giving him lower rates than he could get anywhere else ; that if dissatisfied he could leave the company at the end of the year by paying the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Tuck v. DowningIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Andes Insurance v. FishIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- White v. MurtlandIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Rockford Insurance v. NelsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
- Howard Fire & Marine Insurance v. CornickIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
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- Lumaghi v. GardinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894