[230] Masonic Mut. Ben. Assn. v. Beck, 77 Ind., 203. For the construction of particular words and phrases, see infra, p. 115 et seq.
[231] For waiver of the privilege, see infra, p. 106.
[232] Penn Mut. L. I. Co. v. Wiler, 100 Ind., 92.
[233] Lunz v. Mass. Mut. L. I. Co., 8 Mo. App., 363.
[234] Kling v. City of Kansas, 27 Mo. App., 231.
[235] Gartside v. Conn. Mut. L. I. Co., 76 Mo., 446; said to be overruled by Groll v. Tower, 85 Mo., 249, in Squires v. City of Chillicothe, 89 Mo., 226; but followed in Thompson v. Ish, 99 Mo., 160.
[236] N. Y. Code Civ. Pro., s. 3,345. Disclosures by physicians are restricted by secs. 834, 836 of said Code.
[237] Code Civ. Pro., secs. 834, 836, as new existing are re-enactments with modifications of 2 R. S., p. 406, s. 73.
[238] People v. Stout, 3 Park Cr. Rep., 670; Edington v. Mut. L. I. Co., 67 N. Y., 185. Cf. Kendall v. Grey, 2 Hilt., 300; Pearsall v. Elmer, 5 Redf., 181. A disposition to construe the statute strictly was disclosed in the opinion of Earl, J., in Edington. v. Ætna L. I. Co., 77 N. Y., 564, but his personal views were disapproved in subsequent cases; see Grattan v. Metro. L. I. Co., 80 N. Y., 281; Renihan v. Dennin, 103 N. Y., 573; Buffalo Loan, etc., Co. v. Knights Templar, etc., 126 N. Y., 450. See also Jones v. Brooklyn, etc., Ry. Co., 3 N. Y. Supp., 253; in matter of Darragh, 52 Hun, 591; Marx v. Manhattan Ry. Co., 56 Hun, 575; Treanor v. Manhattan Ry. Co., 28 Abb. N. C., 47.
[239] See Collins v. Mack, 31 Ark., 684.