Eminent Household of Columbian Woodmen v. Prater
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Love County; Siilwell H. Russell, Judge. Action by William H. Prater against the Eminent Household of Columbian Woodmen. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. citing: 3 Cooley’s Briefs on Insurance, pp. 1935, 1936, 1950 1951, and cases cited; Cobb v. Covenant, etc., Ass’n, 153 Mass. 176.
1Opinion of the CourtHayes, J.
This is an action on a policy of life insurance, in which defendant in error, plaintiff below, is the beneficiary. From, a judgment in favor of plaintiff for the amount of the policy, plaintiff in error, defendant below, brings this proceeding in error. The policy was taken out by Elizabeth Prater, plaintiff’s mother, on the 19th day of December, 1905, who died on the 17th day of February, 1906. The insurance order by its answer admits-the execution and delivery of the policy and the death of the insured, but denies liability under the policy upon several grounds. Hnder the state of the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Moulor v. American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Union Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Brown v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
- Cobb v. Covenant Mutual Benefit Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Life & Casualty Ins. v. KingTennessee Supreme Court · 1917
- Continental Casualty Co. v. OwenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- Brown v. Connecticut Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford, ConnSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- Orient Ins. Co. v. Van Zant-Bruce Drug Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- Schas v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
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