Wilkinson v. Ætna Life Insurance

Decided April 23, 1909. John P. Hand wrote the opinion for the court.

240 Ill. 205 · Cited 63 times

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• Travellers' Insurance v. McConkey · 127 U.S. 661
• Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Weise · 182 Ill. 496

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• Inter-Ocean Casualty Co. v. Foster · 147 So. 127
• Seater v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance · 159 P.2d 826
• Konschak v. Equitable Life Assurance Society · 243 N.W. 691
• Hotwick v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States · 282 N.E.2d 222
• Young v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance · 9 P.2d 191
• Arnold v. the Travelers Insurance Co. · 136 A. 690
• White v. Washington National Insurance · 133 Neb. 805
• Gleisner v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · 25 Wis. 2d 33
• Ervin v. Industrial Commission · 4 N.E.2d 22
• Anderson v. Inter-State Business Men's Accident Ass'n · 188 N.E. 844
• Northwestern Yeast Co. v. Industrial Commission · 37 N.E.2d 806
• Hocker v. O'KLOCK · 158 N.E.2d 7
• PACIFIC MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Walt · 277 S.W.2d 434
• Kettlewell v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · 122 N.E.2d 817
• Wisconsin Steel Co. v. Industrial Commission · 288 Ill. 206
• Bobco v. Metropolitan Insurance · 116 N.W.2d 871

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