McKay v. New York Life Insurance
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. E. A. Belcher, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
BRITT, C.
In this cause the defendant demurred to plaintiff’s amended complaint for alleged want of facts to constitute a cause of action; the demurrer was sustained and judgment passed in defendant’s favor. It is in substance alleged in said complaint, among other things, that one Houser, an agent of the defendant insurance company, represented to plaintiff that in consideration of the payment by the latter of a specified annual premium, the company would issue to him a policy of life insurance in such form as to entitle him (among other benefits) to receive from defendant the sum of five…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. FletcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Loehner v. Home Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1852
- Maxson v. LlewelynCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
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- City of Santa Barbara v. EldredCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
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