Metropolitan Life Ins. v. Ford
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 8. — ACTION BY MARY FORD AGAINST THE METRO- . POLITAN LIFE INS. CO. ON A POLICY ON THE LIFE OF HER DECEASED HUSBAND. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. C. P. Branch (First Div.) Emmet Field Judge. Judgment' for plaintiff, defendant appeals.— POINTS AND AUTHORITIES DISCUSSED. 1.. A peremptory instruction should have been given for defendant: Sec. 639, Ky. Stats.; Providence Savings Life Assurance Society v. Dees>, 27 Ky.
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CASE 8. — ACTION BY MARY FORD AGAINST THE METRO- . POLITAN LIFE INS. CO. ON A POLICY ON THE LIFE OF HER DECEASED HUSBAND. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. C. P. Branch (First Div.) Emmet Field Judge. Judgment' for plaintiff, defendant appeals.— POINTS AND AUTHORITIES DISCUSSED. 1.. A peremptory instruction should have been given for defendant: Sec. 639, Ky. Stats.; Providence Savings Life Assurance Society v. Dees>, 27 Ky. Law Rep., 670; Providence Savings Life Assurance Society v. Whayne’s admr., 93 S. W., p. 1052; Union Central Life Ins. Co. v. Lee, 20 Ky. Law Rep., 839; Mutual Life…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Settle
Affirming.
This is an appeal from a judgment of $1,000 recovered against appellant by appellee in the court below upon a policy of insurance on the life of her husband, John Ford, whose death occurred in Jefferson county. The application for the .policy bears date July 18, 1905. The. policy was issued and delivered to the insured during the same month, and his death, caused by acute Bright’s disease, occurred October 16, 1905. Three matters of defense were presented in the court below by appellant’s answer: (1) That, in order to pass the required physical…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Price's Adm'r v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1886
- Provident Savings Life Assur. So. v. Whayne's Admr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906
- Provident Savings Life Assurance Co. v. DeesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905
- Mutual Life Insurance v. ThomsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1893
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