The Insurance Law Journal: Reports of All Decisions Rendered in Insurance Cases in the Federal Courts, and in the State Courts of Last Resort, Volume 35; Volume 55L.A. Mack, 1920 - Insurance law |
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accidental means Affirmed agent alleged amount answer appellant appellee application appraisers assured beneficiary by-laws cancellation Casualty cause of action certificate Circuit Court City claim clause company's complaint condition contract of insurance County damage deceased Decision rendered defendant appeals defendant's demurrer directed verdict double indemnity effect entitled error estopped estoppel evidence fact favor fire insurance fire policy forfeiture held hernia indemnity indorsement injury insurance company insurance policy insured's interest inventory Iowa issued Judge Judgment for plaintiff jury liability mortgage Mutual N. Y. Supp notice November 15 paid pany parties payable payment plaintiff in error pleadings policy of insurance premium proof of loss property insured question reason recover recovery reinsurance result rule statement statute subrogation suit Supreme Court surance sustained thereof tiff tion trial court verdict waived waiver Wible William Wilkes York York City
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Page 77 - ... the cash surrender value has been ascertained and stated to the trustee by the company issuing the same, pay or secure to the trustee the sum so ascertained and stated, and continue to hold, own and carry such policy free from the claims of the creditors participating in the distribution of his estate under the bankruptcy proceedings, otherwise the policy shall pass to the trustee as assets...
Page 77 - ... property which prior to the filing of the petition he could by any means have transferred or which might have been levied upon and sold under judicial process against him...
Page 103 - Said ascertainment or estimate shall be made by the insured and this company, or, if they differ, then by appraisers, as hereinafter provided; and the amount of loss or damage having been thus determined, the sum for which this company is liable pursuant to this policy shall be payable sixty days after due notice, ascertainment, estimate, and satisfactory proof of the loss have been received by this company in accordance with the terms of this policy.
Page 116 - ... if any change other than by the death of an insured, take place in the interest, title or possession of the subject of insurance (except change of occupants without increase of hazard) whether by legal process or judgment or by voluntary act of the insured, or otherwise...
Page 564 - If the remedy at law . is sufficient, equity cannot give relief, "but it is not enough that * there is a remedy at law; it must be plain and adequate, or. in other words, as practical and efficient to the ends of justice, and its prompt administration, as the remedy in equity.
Page 13 - A waiver is the intentional relinquishment of a known right or such conduct as warrants an inference of the relinquishment of such right and may result from an express agreement or be inferred from circumstances indicating an intent to waive.
Page 120 - This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement endorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void if the interest of the insured be other than unconditional and sole ownership ; or if the subject of insurance be a building on ground not owned by the insured in fee simple...
Page 249 - This company shall not be liable for loss caused directly or indirectly by invasion, insurrection, riot, civil war or commotion, or military or usurped power, or by order of any civil authority...
Page 409 - ... the net addition, if any, required by law to be made within the year to reserve...
Page 293 - It is the purpose of accident insurance to protect the insured, to quote a typical insuring clause, "against loss resulting directly and independently of all other causes, from bodily injuries effected solely through external, violent and accidental means, suicide (sane or insane) not included.