Legal Opinion
Lilli Holtze v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 17, 1976No. 74-1662PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge:
This appeal is from the judgment of the district court on cross-motions for summary judgment denying the motion of plaintiff - appellant and granting the motion of defendant-appellee. The controversy involves rescission of and refusal to pay under an insurance policy for $100,000 on the life of the late husband of Lilli Holtze (the beneficiary) by Equitable Life on the ground of alleged misrepresentations in the application for insurance. The controlling issue is whether the two-year period for contestability by Equitable Life expired before or after the death of the insured. We…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Rosenthal v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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