Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Johnson
Indiana Court of Appeals
Action by Samuel M. Johnson against the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFelt, J.
Action by appellee against appellant to recover upon a policy of industrial insurance issued upon the life of appellee’s wife. There was a judgment for $137.79, from which this appeal is taken.
The complaint is in one paragraph and. in the usual form. Appellant filed affirmative answers in three paragraphs. These answers admit the main allegations of the complaint, but seek to avoid liability by special averments relating to the application and policy.
The first paragraph of answer avers in substance that the contract expressly provides as a condition precedent to the execution of a valid…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Moulor v. American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Masonic Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. BeckIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
- Glens Falls Insurance Co. v. MichaelIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
- Havens v. Home InsuranceIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Presbyterian Mutual Assurance Fund v. AllenIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
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