Ewald v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the County Court of Milwaukee County. Action upon a policy of endowment insurance issued June 8, 1867, to recover the sum of $400 alleged to be due thereon, together with interest on said sum from June 3, 1818. The policy recited that, in consideration of “ the annual premium in advance, consisting of an annual premium note of $36.71 (the interest upon which must be paid annually in cash at the date of the maturity of the annual premium), and of the quarterly…
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APPEAL from the County Court of Milwaukee County. Action upon a policy of endowment insurance issued June 8, 1867, to recover the sum of $400 alleged to be due thereon, together with interest on said sum from June 3, 1818. The policy recited that, in consideration of “ the annual premium in advance, consisting of an annual premium note of $36.71 (the interest upon which must be paid annually in cash at the date of the maturity of the annual premium), and of the quarterly cash premium of $14.16 to be paid at or before noon on or before the 3d day of June, September, December, and March in…
1Opinion of the CourtOetoit, J.
This suit is brought upon a policy of endowment insurance, issued by the company to the plaintiff, bearing date June 3, 1867, to recover four-tenths of the $1,000 of insurance, and interest, on the ground of full payment of the cash premiums and of the interest on the premium notes for such years. After the first four years from the date of the policy the plaintiff failed to pay any- more cash premiums, or to give any more premium notes, or to pay any more interest upon the premium notes given for such years, and the defendant company declared a forfeiture of the whole policy, and notified…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. StathamSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Attorney-General v. North America Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Hall v. DelaplaineWisconsin Supreme Court · 1856
- St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance v. GrigsbyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1874
- Hull v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Oconto Co. v. BaconWisconsin Supreme Court · 1923
- Insurance Company v. ChowningCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1894
- Van Norman v. Northwestern Mutual Life Ins.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Hammond v. Volunteer State Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
- Madison v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903