Legal Opinion

Heiman v. Phœnix Mutual Life Insurance

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided July 15, 1871PublishedCited by 43 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff from an order of the court of common pleas for Ramsey county, denying a new trial. The case is fully stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

Berry, J.

By the pleadings and otherwise it is admitted in this case that the defendant is a life insurance company, duly incorporated under the laws of Connecticut, and authorized to transact business in this state; that on or about July 15th, 1869, at St. Paul, an application was made to defendant through its duly authorized agent by Hirch Heiman for an *155insurance upon Ms life for the benefit of the plaintiff, his wife; that defendant made out a policy of insurance upon such application, and transmitted the same to its agent in Minnesota by whom it was received on or about the 3d…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Markey v. Mutual Benefit Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
  2. Sheldon v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1856
  3. Stevens v. HatchSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1861
  4. Sandford v. Trust Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Chancery · 1845
  5. St. Louis Mutual Life Ins. v. KennedyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1869

3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. McElroyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
  2. Cherokee Life Ins, Co. v. BrannumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
  3. Minneapolis-Saint Paul Sanitary District v. FitzpatrickSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1937
  4. New York Life Insurance v. McMasterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
  5. Waters v. Security Life & Annuity Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1907

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