Legal Opinion

Boutin v. National Casualty Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided July 22, 1915No. 12714PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered December 18, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff by direction of the court, in an action on an insurance policy.

1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.

This action was brought to recover upon an insurance policy. The case was tried to the court and a jury. There was no dispute upon the facts, and the court, at the conclusion of the evidence, directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. Thereafter a judgment was entered in accordance with the verdict. The defendant has appealed.

The facts are as follows: On the 30th day of March, 1910, the appellant issued to one Henry Nelander its policy of insurance, which provided that, in case of death by accident, the beneficiary should receive the sum of $500, together with an additional ten per cent in…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hartford Life Annuity Insurance v. UnsellSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Thompson v. Fidelity Mutual Life Ins.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Morgan v. Northwestern National Life InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Popovitz v. United States Health & Accident InsuranceAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1912

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Cummings v. Conn. Gen. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1930
  2. Richardson v. American Nat. Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1931
  3. Halliday v. Equitable L. Assur. Soc.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1926
  4. Frye v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaWashington Supreme Court · 1930
  5. Kennedy v. Supreme Tent of the Knights of the Maccabees of the WorldWashington Supreme Court · 1918

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