Legal Opinion

McArthur v. Home Life Ass'n

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 8, 1887PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Ajpjpeal from Des Moúnes Circuit Court — Hon. Quarles H. Phelps, Judge. Action on a policy of insurance. Judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.

The trial was to the court, and the following are the facts found by the court: “That on the 7th day of June, 1882, one Geo. W. Hair, claiming to act as agent for the defendant, applied to decedent, A. Wooline, to take out a policy of insurance on his life in defendant company; that said Hair, through B. A. Bailey & Co., district agents of defendant’s company, forwarded the application to the *337defendant, with his name endorsed as agent thereon; that on the 12th day of June, 1882, defendant issued a policy to decedent on said application for the sum of $3,000, by the terms of which defendant…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Eadie, Guilford & Co. v. AshbaughSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
  2. Bank of Cal. v. W. Union Tel. Co.California Supreme Court · 1877
  3. Jewett v. CarterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
  4. Davis, Gould & Co. v. Danforth & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1885

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Travelers Insurance Co. v. EvistonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1941
  2. Indiana Insurance v. HartwellIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Pudritzky v. Supreme Lodge Knights of HonorMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Dodge v. Grain Shippers' Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
  5. Germania Life Insurance v. LunkenheimerIndiana Supreme Court · 1891

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