Standard Life & Accident Insurance v. Ward
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. Edgar E. Bryant, Judge. The policy is void, because the insured made false warranties as to the character of his occupations. The insurance coinpany had a right to prescribe the conditions precedent of its contract, and the breach of any of these conditions precedent was sufficient to defeat the policy. 4 JE.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. Edgar E. Bryant, Judge. The policy is void, because the insured made false warranties as to the character of his occupations. The insurance coinpany had a right to prescribe the conditions precedent of its contract, and the breach of any of these conditions precedent was sufficient to defeat the policy. 4 JE. L.'Cas. 484; 67 Fed. 462; 35 N. E. 105; 62 N. W. 1057; 58 Ark. 528. Also, the phrase “office work,” used in the appellee’s application, means such work as is commonly done in an office. Stand. Diet., word, “Office.” The evidence…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, C. J.
This is a suit to recover on an accident policy the sum of $193, at the rate of $25 per week from the 21st November, 1894, to the 15th January, 1895, as an indemnity for injuries received on the 21st November, 1894, and suffered during the period aforesaid, and for being thus incapacitated, during that time, from transacting business. The suit was brought on complaint, with account attached, and the policy exhibited, in one of the justice-of-the-peace courts of Sebastian county, and, the defendant having filed its answer, judgment was for plaintiff for full amount of claim, and defendant…
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