Legal Opinion

Wilson v. Equitable Life Insurance

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided September 24, 1935No. 42997PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAlbert, J.

On tbe 6th day of February, 1925, a written contract of insurance was entered into between tbe plaintiff and tbe defendant. This policy covered not only insurance on tbe life of the plaintiff, but provided for total and permanent disability benefits. This policy was tbe basis of plaintiff’s cause of action.

In the second division of the defendant’s answer it was pleaded that certain false and fraudulent statements were made in the application on which tbe policy was issued; that defendant relied on tbe truth of such statements, and that tbe same were untrue; that tbe defendant would never have…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Dibble v. Reliance Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Scales v. Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1927
  3. Jolley v. Jefferson Standard Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
  4. Illinois Bankers' Life Association v. ByasseeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1925
  5. MacK v. Connecticut General Life Ins. Co. of HartfordCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State Automobile & Casualty Underwriters by Automobile Underwriters v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1969
  2. Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. MargolisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1936
  3. Terry v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
  4. Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. ChildsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
  5. New York Life Insurance v. RotmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1942

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