Legal Opinion
Equitable Life Assurance Society v. O'Connor's Administrator
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided January 21, 1915PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (Common Pleas Branch, Number Four).
1Opinion of the Court
OpinioN op the Court by
Judge Hannah
Reversing.
In 1904 Mary O’Connor, at the solicitation of ber uncle, John O’Connor, procured a policy of insurance on the life of John O’Connor to be issued by the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Her parents were dead; but she was not only self-supporting, but was also earning sufficient to make some provision for her future; and an investment in the form of a policy of life insurance upon her uncle’s life was recommended to and urged upon her by him, as a safe way of accumulating her surplus earnings.
It was arranged between them that she was to pay the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Steinback v. . DiepenbrockNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Hess' Admr. v. SegenfelterCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
- Bromley's Admr. v. Washington Life Ins.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906
- Hinton v. . Insurance Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- Metropolitan Life-insurance v. ElisonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. NelsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916
- Harrel's Administrator v. HarrelCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
- Commonwealth Life Ins. Co. v. Wood's Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936
- O'Connor's Administrator v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1916