Chalenor v. Mutual Life Ins. Co.

1 Citing case

  1. Nichols v. New York Life Ins. Co.

    292 P. 253 (Mont. 1930)   Cited 34 times
    In Nichols and Irelan the insured expressed an intent to commit suicide, and in Irelan the insured had recently attempted suicide.

    Under such state of facts, the presumption that it was taken by mistake obtains and is sufficient to carry the case to the jury. ( Withers v. Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co., 58 Mont. 485, 492, 193 P. 566; Carter v. Standard Acc. Ins. Co., 65 Utah, 465, 41 A.L.R. 1495, 238 P. 259, 275; Baciocco v. Prudential Ins. Co., 22 F.2d 700; Standard Life Acc. Ins. Co. v. Thornton, 100 Fed. 582, 49 L.R.A. 116, 40 C.C.A. 564; Fort Worth Mut. Benev. Assn. v. Jennings, (Tex.Civ.App.) 283 S.W. 910, 911; Buckley v. Massachusetts Bonding Ins.Co., 113 Wn. 13, 192 P. 924; Watkins v. Reliance Life Ins. Co., 152 Ark. 12, 238 S.W. 10; Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Little, 146 Ark. 70, 225 S.W. 928; Travelers Ins. Co. etc. v. McConkey, 127 U.S. 661, 32 L.Ed. 308, 8 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1360; International Travelers' Assn. v. Bettis, (Tex.Civ.App.) 3 S.W.2d 478; Chalenor v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York, 145 Wn. 189, 259 P. 383; Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Taylor, 128 Ark. 155, Ann. Cas. 1918B, 1122, 193 S.W. 540; Michel v. London Lancashire Indemnity Co. of America, 162 La. 160, 110 So. 186, 187; Caldwell v. Iowa State Traveling Men's Assn., 156 Iowa, 327, 136 N.W. 678; Bohaker v. Travelers' Ins. Co., 215 Mass. 32, 46 L.R.A. (n.s.) 543, 102 N.E. 342; Globe Indemnity Co. v. Reinhart, 152 Md. 439, 137 A. 43; Wilkinson v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 240 Ill. 205, 130 Am. St. Rep. 269, 25 L.R.A. (n.s.) 1256, 88 N.E. 550; Webster v. New York Life Ins. Co., 160 La. 854, 107 So. 599; Fidelity Casualty Co. v. Freeman, 109 Fed. 847, 54 L.R.A. 680, 48 C.C.A. 692; Neasham v. New York Life Ins. Co., 244 Fed. 556; Wilkinson v. Standard Accident Ins. Co., 180 Cal. 252, 180 P. 607.) MR. JUSTICE ANGSTMAN delivered the opinion of the court.