Sandstedt v. American Central Life Insurance

Citations

• 109 Wash. 338
• 186 P. 1069
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 916

Syllabus

<p>Insurance (105-116)—Waiver and Estoppel—Conditions—Engaging in Military Service—Permission—Evidence—-Sufeiciency. A clause in a life insurance policy providing that the company would not be liable if death ensued while insured was engaged in the military service of the United States unless the company’s permission had been obtained, is not waived by a letter directing the insured or the beneficiary to take up the matter with the local agent, where the local agent merely stated that he would send the policy and letter back to the company and get its consent and made no endorsement on the policy and no attempt to modify it, and death ensued before permission was granted and before insured had agreed to pay extra premium, as required by the company before granting the permission.</p>