Johnson v. Hartford Insurance
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Henry Circuit Court. — Hon. C. A. Denton, Judge. (1) There is no evidence tending to show that there was any excess in the safety fund, and it was error to permit the jury to find that there was an excess in such fund. The reports to the Insurance Department should have been excluded. Janssen v. Stone, 60 Mo.
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Appeal from Henry Circuit Court. — Hon. C. A. Denton, Judge. (1) There is no evidence tending to show that there was any excess in the safety fund, and it was error to permit the jury to find that there was an excess in such fund. The reports to the Insurance Department should have been excluded. Janssen v. Stone, 60 Mo. App. 402; Schwartz v. Frank, 183 Mo. 447. (2) There is no evidence tending to show that there was any excess in the mortuary fund, and it was error to permit the jury to find-that there was an excess in such fund. Crossman v. Assn., 9 N. E. 753; McGowan v. Int. Council, 76…
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This is an action upon a policy of life insurance issued by the defendant company, on November 1, 1888, to James T. Johnson, in the sum of five thousand dollars, payable, upon the death of the assured, to Nannie M. Johnson, the named beneficiary, therein. The defendant company seeks to avoid payment ’of the policy on the ground that the policy became forfeited because the assured failed to pay a premium assessment thereon. Trial was had in the circuit court of Henry County, before a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the full amount of the policy, plus…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hartford Life Insurance v. IBSSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Ibs v. Hartford Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Barber v. Hartford Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1916
- Johnson v. Hartford Life InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1912
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- Hartford Life Ins. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1920
- Rosenbloom v. New York Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1947
- Johnson v. American Surety Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1922
- Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance v. MeyerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1932