Legal Opinion
Ætna Life Insurance v. King
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 5, 1899PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Assumpsti, on a policy of life insurance. Trial in the Circuit Court of Pope County; the Hon. Alonzo K. Vickers, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the February term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cbeightox
This was an action in assumpsit in the Circuit Court of Pope County, by appellee against appellant, to recover on a policy which appellant had issued on the life of appellee’s intestate. Trial was by jury. Verdict and judgment in favor of appellee against appellant for $2,000.
The application and policy are set out in haeo verba in the declaration. The application contains the following:
“ I do hereby declare and warrant that I am now in good health, of sound body and mind, and that the following statements are full, correct and true; and that I have no knowledge or information of any disease,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Continental Life Insurance v. RogersIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Grand Lodge Independent Order of Mutual Aid v. WietingIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Christian v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- Weed v. . Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Knickerbocker Life Insurance v. PetersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1875
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Provident Savings Life Assurance Society v. CannonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902
- Crawford v. Abraham Lincoln Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1934
- Deming v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912
- Central Accident Insurance v. SpenceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906
- Delvaux v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912