Legal Opinion
Hewitt v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 26, 1925No. 4380PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating
the facts as above). It is well settled that an insurance company is not absolved from liability on its policy because the beneficiary mnrders the insured. Cleaver v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass’n, 1 C. D. 147; Supreme Lodge, K. L. II., v. Menkhausen, 209 Ill. 277, 70 N. E. 567, 65 L. R. A. 508, 101 Am. St. Rep. 239; Slocum v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 245 Mass. 565, 159 N. E. 816, 27 A. L. R. 1517; Schmidt v. Northern Life Ass’n, 112 Iowa, 41, 83 N. W. 800, 51 L. R. A. 141, 84 Am. St. Rep. 823; Welch v. Travelers’ Ins. Co. (Sup.) 178 N. Y. S. 748; New York Life Ins. Co. v.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- New York Mutual Life Insurance v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Cole v. RalphSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Cowley v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Slocum v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Schmidt v. Northern Life Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
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- New England Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. CalvertDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1976