Legal Opinion

Sabbagh v. Professional & Business Men's Life Ins. Co.

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided August 2, 1962No. File 9977PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*618ROBERTS, J.

The defendant insurance company appeals from a judgment rendered against it for the amount of the first premiums paid on four policies of life insurance on the ground that they were obtained by fraud.

Plaintiff alleges in his complaint that defendant company issued to him four life insurance policies; that the agent for the defendant for the purpose of inducing plaintiff to apply for the insurance made fraudulent representations upon which plaintiff relied; that upon discovering the falsity of the representations plaintiff demanded return of the premiums amounting to $1725; and that…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Bostwick v. Mutual Life Insurance Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Federal Land Bank of Omaha v. HouckSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1942
  3. Baker v. JewellSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1959
  4. Ward v. Deavers Young v. WardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
  5. Life Benefit, Inc. v. ElfringSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1942

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. George Arnott v. The American Oil Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
  2. Schmidt v. Wildcat Cave, Inc.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Dornberger v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1997
  4. American Property Services, Inc. v. BarringerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Ralph E. Mueller and Eugene D. Devane, Appellees-Cross-Appellants v. Hubbard Milling Company, Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978

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