Legal Opinion
Henry M. Apperson v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 7, 1963No. 20043PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
The United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company 1 brought this action against Apperson, seeking a declaratory judgment adjudging that an automobile liability policy issued by it to Apperson was void ab initio. From a judgment so declaring, Apperson has appealed.
On May 5, 1961, Apperson applied to Kyle Chandler, Jr., an underwriting agent of the insurer at West Point, Mississippi, for a policy of liability insurance on his Dodge automobile. The agent propounded certain questions in a written questionnaire to Apperson and correctly recorded his answers in the appropriate…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Reliance Life Ins. Co. v. SneedSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Columbian Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. RodgersCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
- Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance v. MiazzaMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. ZivitzSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Boston v. CroninSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1947
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Crawford v. Manhattan L. Ins. Co. of NYSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Pacific Indemnity Company v. Acel Delivery Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Koral Industries, Inc. v. Security-Connecticut Life Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1990
- Mrs. Myrtle H. Trawick v. The Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New York, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Mattox v. Western Fidelity InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1988
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