Equitable Life Assurance So., U. S. v. Winn
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 77. — ACTION BY JOHN G. WINN AGAINST THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE ¡SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. — Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court. Allie AY. Young, Judge. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. — Affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Chief Justice Nunn
Affirming.
This case presents the question of the right of a holder of a tontine policy of life insurance to have from the insurer an accounting of the funds to be apportioned to the policy. ■
Appellee, John Gr. Winn, in July, 1884, took out a life insurance policy in the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States for the sum of $3,000, for which he agreed to pay and did pay as premiums $82.17 a year for 20 years. The following is a provision of the contract of insurance: “That upon the completion of the tontine period on July 19, 1904,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pratt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
- United States Life Ins. v. SpinksCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906
- Peterson v. PoignardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1847
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- Jones v. GreenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1936
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