Legal Opinion
National Reserve Life Insurance v. Humphreys
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided March 6, 1937No. 33,219PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dawson, C. J.:
This was an action to cancel an insurance policy on the grounds of misrepresentation and breach of warranty upon which plaintiff relied when it was issued.
On July 2, 1925, the late Joseph R. Humphreys of Hodgeman county applied to the plaintiff company for life insurance in the sum of $2,500. The usual incidents to such a transaction were dispatched and the policy was issued.
On August 5, 1933, Humphreys made application for additional insurance in the sum of $1,000. On a blank form of application prepared by the insurance company he gave…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hurt v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
- Newton v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
- Hurt v. New York Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
- Galloway v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1923
- Hayslip v. Great American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1922
3Cited by5 opinions
- Chambers and Pouncey v. Met. Life Ins. Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1940
- Hawkins v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1954
- National Reserve Life Insurance v. JeffriesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1938
- Brown v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1937
- Hawkins v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1954