Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Breland
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. W. M. Denny, Jb., Chancellor. Suit by Mrs. Harriet Breland against the Mntual Life Insurance Company of New York. From a decree for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
Appellee, Mrs. Harriet Breland, widow of one Jacob E. Breland, deceased, sued in equity to recover upon *481a policy of life insurance, issued by appellant. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, on the life of said Jacob E. Breland in tbe sum of two thousand dollars. A demurrer interposed to the bill was overruled by the chancellor, and from the decree overruling the demurrer appellant prosecutes this appeal.
The controversy grows out of the following state of facts, briefly outlined: Jacob• E. Breland before his marriage to the complainant obtained from appellant a policy of life insurance…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Girard Life Insurance, Annuity & Trust Co. v. Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
- Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Girard Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1882
- Haas v. Mutual Life InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1912
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- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of the U.S. v. RobertsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Manufacturers Trust Co. v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
- Gaunt v. Prudential Insurance of AmericaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967
- Mixon v. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1930
- Lamar v. Ætna Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1936
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