Shields v. Equitable Life Assurance Society
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Ingham; Person, J. Bill by Nellie E. Shields against the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, impleaded with John C. Day and others, to re-establish a policy of insurance. , Prom a decree for complainant, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The statement of facts is taken in the main from the brief of the solicitor for complainant. In the *691spring of 1890, John C. Shields, the husband of complainant, applied for and took from the defendant insurance company a policy of insurance, — No. 464,145, — (not the policy in suit), through the agent of the company, John Heffron, of Detroit, the insured giving his notes for the premium. Thereafter Mr. Shields learned that his age had been incorrectly stated in the application, conceived his policy void, and sought to have the transaction re-, scinded. A controversy arose, and suit was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ware v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Benton v. . MartinNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- American Insurance v. StoyMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
- Harnickell v. . New York Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Faunce v. State Mutual Life Assurance Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
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- Travelers Insurance v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1903