Smith v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance

These four actions having the same title, hut each referring to a different policy of insurance, were consolidated and submitted on an agreed state of facts. Throughout this opinion I have designated the actions involving the respective policies, as follows:

Action No. 1 as covering Policy #622,492, issued May 27, 1905;

Action No. 2 as covering Policy #695,622, issued March 27, 1907;

Action No. 3 as covering Policy #695,623, issued March 7, 1917;

Action No. 4 as covering Policy #1,526,515, issued August 22, 1921.

Each policy was issued to one Sherrill Smith, as the insured. He died April 10, 1951.

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