Germania Life Ins. v. Lauer
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 98. — ACTION BY AMELIA LAUER AGAINST THE GER-MANIA LIFE INS. GO., OF NEW YORK, ON A POLICY ON THE LIFE OF HER DECEASED HUSBAND, Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (Common Pleas Branch, 3d Division.) Matt O’Doherty, Judge. Judgment for Plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
John D. Carroll
Commissioner.
This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment in favor of appellee, as widow of Charles Lauer, against appellant, for $1,000, the amount of a life insurance policy issued by appellant to Charles Lauer, on March 23, 1903. Payment of the policy was resisted by appellant chiefly upon the ground that the first premium was paid, when the insured was dangerously ill, to its agent, who was ignorant of his condition and believed him to he in sound health; that the payment was made by the brother of insured who had knowledge of his serious illness but concealed this…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bennecke v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Washington Life Insurance v. Menefee'sCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
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- Commonwealth Life Ins. Co. v. WilkinsonAlabama Court of Appeals · 1930
- Pellon v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1935
- Western Southern Life Ins. Co. v. DownsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1945
- Western South. Life Ins. Co. v. Van Hoose's Adm'xCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
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