Robbins v. Hennessey

Citations

• 86 Ohio St. (N.S.) 181

Syllabus

<p>Laws governing insurance — Section 289, Revised Statutes — Constitutional exercise of power of General Assembly — Part of contract of insurance — Assignment of contract providing for burial expenses- — Violative of statute, and void, when.</p> <p>1. Section 289, Revised Statutes, as amended April 9, 1908, is a constitutional exercise of the right of the General Assembly of Ohio to control the business of insurance, and the provisions of this section become a part of the contract of insurance and equally binding on all parties to the contract.</p> <p>2. An assignment of a contract of insurance issued by a company, corporation or association engaged in the business of providing for the payment of funeral, burial, or other expenses of deceased members, or certificate holders therein, or engaged in the business of providing any other kind of insurance, to any designated undertaker, or undertaking concern, or to any particular tradesman, or business man, is in violation of the provisions of said section and void.</p>