Rupert v. Supreme Court United Order of Foresters
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for St. Louis county, Ensign, J., denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, after a trial and verdict in favor of plaintiff for $513.31.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
This action was brought to recover upon a certificate issued on the life of Emma Holmquist by the defendant, a fraternal benefit order. The insured was examined for insurance on April 13; her certificate, dated April 15; was countersigned by local officers and delivered on May 21; she died of consumption on September 9, 1903. The defense interposed both by pleadings and evidence was that the insurance was procured by false statements concerning health in the application and medical examination. The jury brought in a verdict for the beneficiary. Defendant moved for judgment notwithstanding the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Phoenix Life Ins. Co. v. RaddinSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Campbell v. New England Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Union Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Jeffries v. Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
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- Whitney v. West Coast Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
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