Legal Opinion
Cummings v. Conn. Gen. Life Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided January 14, 1930PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The subject-matter not having been touched in direct examination, question as to whether plaintiff or his wife had paid first premium on other applications for insurance was not proper cross-examination, for it cannot be shown that a person does or does not do some particular act because he did or did not do the same or similar act on a previous occasion. State v.Donaldson, 101 Vt. 483, 141 A. 684, 685; State v. Lapan,101 Vt. 124, 140, 141 A. 686, 694; Loomis, b.n.f. v. Abelson,101 Vt. 459, 144 A. 378, 379; Ronan v. Turnbull Co. et al., 99 Vt. 280, 290, 131 A. 788; Farnham Sons v. Wark, 99…
2Cases cited105 opinions
- Railway Co. v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Moulor v. American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Brink v. . Hanover Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Francis v. London Guarantee & Accident Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1927
- Western & A. Pipe Lines v. Home Ins., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Washington County1891
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Armstrong v. Hanover Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Vermont · 1972
- Progressive Insurance v. Brown Ex Rel. BrownSupreme Court of Vermont · 2008
- Hardwick Recycling & Salvage, Inc. v. Acadia InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 2004
- Packard v. QuesnelSupreme Court of Vermont · 1941
- Beatty v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1933
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