Sheridan v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
This suit was brought before a justice of the peace of Cook county by Joseph I. Sheridan, administrator of the estate of George DeQuetterville, deceased, appellant, against the Prudential Insurance Company of America, the appellee, upon a policy of insurance issued by the appellee upon the life of said deceased. The justice rendered judgment against appellee for $85, that being the amount which appeared from the face of the policy to be due. The insurance company appealed to the superior court of Cook county, where the cause was submitted to the court without a jury, upon an agreed state of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mutual Protective League v. McKeeIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
3Cited by4 opinions
- McCarthy v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Beard v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. of BostonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Metropolitan Life Ins. v. BatesMississippi Supreme Court · 1922
- Blanchett, Adm. v. WillisSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1931