Legal Opinion
Duerksen v. Brookings International Life & Casualty Co.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided March 28, 1969No. File 10493PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIEGELMEIER, Presiding Judge.
Plaintiffs are beneficiaries of a life insurance policy issued by defendant on the life of their daughter Jean who died as a result of an airline crash on August 6, 1966. The policy had been issued on an application signed by the insured's father Albert Duerksen dated July 6, 1961, at which time he delivered his check to the agent for the first year's premium in the sum of $29.38, the correct amount to pay for 359 days' insurance on a $30.00 annual premium rate discounted for the first six days of July which had elapsed. On July 20th a doctor, authorized by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McMaster v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Lentin v. Continental Assurance Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1952
- State Security Life Insurance v. KintnerIndiana Supreme Court · 1962
- Haynes v. Midland National Life InsuranceSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1932
- Lyke v. First National Life & Accident InsuranceSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1919
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- Wise v. American General Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006
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