Willcuts v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance

Decided May 15, 1882. Byron K. Elliott wrote the opinion for the court.

81 Ind. 300 · Cited 65 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Insurance Co. v. Dutcher · 95 U.S. 269
• Ohio & Mississippi R. W. Co. v. Collarn · 73 Ind. 261
• Reissner v. Oxley · 80 Ind. 580
• Kentucky Mutual Insurance v. Jenks · 5 Ind. 96
• Franklin Life Insurance v. Sefton · 53 Ind. 380
• Johnson v. Gibson · 78 Ind. 282
• Eagan v. Downing · 55 Ind. 65
• Turner v. Parry · 27 Ind. 163
• Louden v. Birt · 4 Ind. 566
• Aimen v. Hardin · 60 Ind. 119
• United Life, Fire, & Marine Ins. v. President & Directors of the Ins. Co. of North America · 42 Ind. 588

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• Home Insurance v. Gilman · 112 Ind. 7
• Ætna Insurance v. Shryer · 85 Ind. 362
• Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. Norcross · 163 Ind. 379
• Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Foster · 104 Ind. 293
• Milburn v. Phillips · 136 Ind. 680
• Tibbits v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance · 159 Ind. 671
• Meyer v. Manhattan Life Insurance · 144 Ind. 439
• Weinstein v. Mutual Trust Life Insurance · 166 A. 63
• Continental Insurance v. Dorman · 125 Ind. 189
• Supica v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 137 Kan. 204
• Talkington v. Parish · 89 Ind. 202

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