Legal Opinion

New York Life Ins. v. Rogers

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided March 16, 1942No. 9892PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

This is an action to recover double indemnity on an insurance policy for $2,-000, issued to Zeno A. Rogers by the New York Life Insurance Company, appellant herein.

Rogers was a soliciting agent for the company and had been for three months before his death. He had applied for a policy on his own life six weeks after his appointment as such agent. A policy on his life was prepared in the New York office, dated December 19, 1939, and mailed to Arthur F. Lindberg, the general agent in Phoenix, Arizona. It was mailed to Rogers from the office of D. F. Caskey, cashier of the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Cities Service Oil Co. v. DunlapSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. Schwartz v. Northern Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1928
  4. Berliner v. Travelers' Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Kimbro v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Lakin Cattle Company v. EngelthalerArizona Supreme Court · 1966
  2. Stafford v. Roadway Transit Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1947
  3. Boyd v. BellDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1945
  4. McDaniel v. California-Western States Life Ins. CoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
  5. New York Life Ins. v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1943

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