Washington Life Ins. v. Lyne
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 21 — Action by Santford" C. Lyne and Others Against the Washington Life Insurance Co. for a Paid-up Policy. APPEAL-:FROM FAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT-WATTS. PARKER, CIRCUIT JUDGE. Judgment fop. Plaintiffs and Defendant Appeals. 1. We submit that under the terms of the contract of insurance Mrs. Lyne and her children are now, and always were, the only parties who could have sued on this contract.
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Case 21 — Action by Santford" C. Lyne and Others Against the Washington Life Insurance Co. for a Paid-up Policy. APPEAL-:FROM FAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT-WATTS. PARKER, CIRCUIT JUDGE. Judgment fop. Plaintiffs and Defendant Appeals. 1. We submit that under the terms of the contract of insurance Mrs. Lyne and her children are now, and always were, the only parties who could have sued on this contract. They were the “assured” under the policy which was applied for by Mrs. Lyne, so that Lyne was entitled to nothing under the contract, whether he lived until April 14, 1904, or died before, that date. If…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
CHIEF 'JUSTICE BURNAM
AiElRXrrNG.
On the 14th day of April, 1884, the appellant, the Washington Life Insurance Company, insured the life of the appellee, Santford O. Lyne, in the amount of |3,000 for the sole use and benefit of his wife and surviving children, with *164participation in profits. In this policy “the company agrees to pay one half the amount of said insurance, to wit: $1,500, at their office in the city of New York to the said assured, share and share alike, on the 14th day of April, 1904, or should he die before that time to pay in like manner in sixty days…
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- Montgomery v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1878
- Johnson v. Southern Mutual Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1881
- Manhattan Life Ins. v. PattersonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
- Mutual Life Insurance v. JarboeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
- Southern Mutual Life Insurance v. MontagueCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1887
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