PUTMAN v. DEINHAMER


270 Wis. 157 (1955)

PUTMAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, vs. DEINHAMER, by Guardian ad litem, Defendant and Appellant: HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent. [Three cases.]

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 1, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants other than Raymond Deinhamer there was a brief by Frank E. Betz and Wilcox & Sullivan, all of Eau Claire, and oral argument by Mr. Betz and Mr. Francis J. Wilcox.

For the appellant Raymond Deinhamer there was a brief and oral argument by Marshall A. Wiley of Chippewa Falls, guardian ad litem.

For the respondent Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company there were briefs by Stafford, Pfiffner & Stafford of Chippewa Falls, and oral argument by Robert F. Pfiffner.


BROWN, J.

Appellant's first proposition is that the policy provision giving the company the right to cancel at will by mailing notice to the assured and the lapse of at least five days after mailing, but without requirement that the notice must be received by or known to the assured, is void as against public policy. The cancellation provisions in the present policy are the same as in Wisconsin Nat. Gas Co. v. Employers...

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