Martell v. National Guardian Life Insurance Co.

It is contended by the plaintiff the specimen value sheet is a part of the contract of insurance, relying on Timlin v. Equitable Life Assur. Society (1910), 141 Wis. 276, 124 N. W. 253. In many respects Timlin is like this case. There, two sheets of paper pinned together were delivered to the policyholder and were held to constitute the insurance contract. Their contents had been the subject of negotiation and while the delivery of the two pinned-together sheets was not conclusive, that fact taken with other circumstances of the transaction had a material and significant bearing on the…