Whitlaw v. Illinois Life Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

The proceedings to be reviewed in this case relate to the pleadings. The action was to recover upon a contract for reinsurance attached to a life insurance policy. The petition contained a copy of the policy, the certificate of reinsurance, a letter signed by the president and secretary of the appellee, the re-insuring company, and a proposition marked “D” made to and accepted by the company which issued the policy. The amended answer contained first, a general denial; second, a denial that the documents set out in the petition constituted a…