Legal Opinion
Onstad v. Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 30, 1948No. 34,599PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas Gallagher, Justice.
Action by the beneficiary under two life insurance policies, each in the amount of $5,000, issued by defendant August 18, 1948, on the life of Roy Proebstle, a commercial airplane pilot, who met death while acting as pilot on a flight in Alaska on September 18, 1944. Defendant admitted liability only for the amount actually paid in premiums, plus any unpaid dividends thereon, and claimed exemption from additional liability by virtue of an “Aviation Rider” attached to the policy which provided:
“Aviation Rider
“Attached to and Made a Part of Policy No. [policy number]
“In…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Matter of Met. Life Ins. Co. v. ConwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Wendorff v. Missouri State Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1927
- Heim v. American Alliance Insurance Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
- Dunbar v. Phenix Insurance Co. of BrooklynWisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
- Hopkins v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Workman v. Great Plains Insurance Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1972
- Gill v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1949
- Workman v. Great Plains Insurance Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1972