Legal Opinion

Mills v. National Life Insurance

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1916PublishedCited by 25 opinions

FROM KNOX. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Knox County. —Will D. Wright, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. M. G-. Evans,

Special Judge, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a suit filed in the chancery court of Knox county against the National Life Insurance Company of Vermont, to recover upon two policies of life insurance, for ‡5,000 each, issued upon the life of Charles H. Mills, and payable at his death to Florence B. Mills, his wife, who was complainant below.

The assured held two other policies for like amounts in the same company, about which there was no contest at his death, and, same having been paid, are not involved in this lawsuit.

The two policies here in controversy were…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Imperial Fire Insurance v. Coos CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. National Bank v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Thompson v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
  4. Insurance Co. v. HydeTennessee Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Kavanaugh v. Security Trust & Life InsuranceTennessee Supreme Court · 1906

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Finch v. Monumental Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
  2. Bronson v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceIndiana Court of Appeals · 1921
  3. Schoonover v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1932
  4. Great Horizons Development Corp. v. Massachusetts Mutual Life InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1978
  5. Bach v. Western States Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931

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