Legal Opinion
Reliance Life Insurance v. Wolverton
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 16, 1931No. 12,615PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Adams
Berneice Wolverton sued Reliance Life Insurance Company on a life insurance policy issued by the company to Golden G. Wolverton. Plaintiff is his widow and the sole beneficiary named in the policy. The cause was tried before a jury; verdict and judgment were for plaintiff; the defendant insurance company brings the matter to this court to review the judgment. We refer to Berneice Wolverton as plaintiff, and the insurance company as defendant, as aligned in the trial court.
The insurance policy was for $3,000, payment of which the company resisted on the ground that an insurance premium due…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Grigsby v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Iowa Life Insurance v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Beauchamp v. Retail Merchants Ass'nNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1917
- New York Life Ins. v. DumlerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1922
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Carolyn S. Volis v. Puritan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. PettidArizona Supreme Court · 1932
- Charles Ilfeld Company v. TaylorSupreme Court of Colorado · 1964
- Stonewall L. Ins. Co. v. CookeMississippi Supreme Court · 1932
- Pierce v. Capitol Life Insurance Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1990
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