Mutual Life Ins. v. Dibrell
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hamilton County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— NathaN L. BachmaN, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
This is an action on a policy of life insurance issued by the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of New York, insuring the life of J. L. Dibrell, for the benefit of his wife, plaintiff below;1 the insured having’ died about two months after the policy was issued;
The application for the policy, made on March 3, 1910, set forth that:
“All the following statements and answers . . . are true and are offered to the company as an inducement to issue the proposed policy.”
Among the representations made by the insured, claimed to have been relied upon by the company as material misrepresentations, were the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Aetna Life Insurance v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Everson v. General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Empire Life Insurance v. GeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Dolan v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- March v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Volunteer State Life Ins. v. RichardsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1922
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. MandelbaumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Ebner v. Ohio State Life InsuranceIndiana Court of Appeals · 1918
- State Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. RosenberryTexas Commission of Appeals · 1919
- Womack v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 1980
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