Legal Opinion
Shaughnessy v. New York Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 1, 1925No. 24,509PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
This is an action on a policy of insurance, by which the life of Pearl A. Shaughnessy was insured for the benefit of the plaintiff, her husband.
The defense was that Mrs. Shaughnessy made false answers to certain questions in the application, which materially affected the acceptance of the risk and the hazard assumed by defendant. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, and defendant has appealed from a denial of its motion in the alternative for judgment or a new trial.
The application was made on January 12, 1922. Among the questions answered were these:
“Have you ever consulted a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Upton v. TribilcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- New York Life Insurance v. FletcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Kausal v. Minnesota Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- McCormack v. Security Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Trentor v. PothenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Greer v. KooikerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Blazek v. North American Life & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1957
- Howard v. Aid Ass'n for LutheransSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- MacK v. Pacific Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
- Schaedler v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1937
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