Legal Opinion
Joseph Beister and Irene Beister v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 24, 1966No. 18023PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, Joseph Beister and Irene Beister, are the parents of Eugene Beis-ter and the beneficiaries of an insurance policy issued by the defendant John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (referred to hereafter as defendant or company) on the life of Eugene Beister. Complaint to collect the proceeds of the insurance policy was filed in the District Court of Nebraska in the amended amount of $10,000 and reasonable attorney’s fees. Diversity of citizenship with the requisite amount establishes jurisdiction. The case was originally tried before a jury but at the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, a Corporation v. Pioneer Valley Savings Bank, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company v. William T. StoverCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- Koehn v. Union Fire InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1950
- Murphy v. Travelers InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1942
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Slay Warehousing Company, Inc., a Corporation v. Reliance Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,822 in Re Securities and Exchange Commission v. White & Co., Inc. Morris Shenker v. Hugh S. Hauck, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Paxton & Vierling Steel Co. v. Great American InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1980
- National American Insurance Company, a Nebraska Corporation v. Jamison Agency, Inc., Gerald Bollinger, Capital Systems Corporation, National American Insurance Company, a Nebraska Corporation, Third Party v. Jamison Agency, Inc., and Gerald Bollinger, Third Party Capital Systems Corporation, Third Party v. A.J.R., Inc., Formerly Pinkerton Madden Burford, Inc., Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Booth v. Seaboard Fire & Marine Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1968
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