Legal Opinion
Jones v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided August 23, 1968No. Civ. A. 5371PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FOX, District Judge.
On June 27, 1966, plaintiff, Harriet Lois Jones, commenced this action against defendant, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, to recover the proceeds of a life insurance contract entered into by herself, her husband, R. Edsel Jones, and defendant on or about December 30, 1965.
In May of 1968, a jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff. During the trial this court decided various legal issues which we believe merit further discussion and analysis.
The facts can be briefly summarized as follows:
Raymond Edsel Jones and Hugh W. Crouse, an agent of the John…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Allen v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965
- Gerhardt v. Continental InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1966
- Gaunt v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Simpson v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
- Duncan v. John Hancock Mutual Life Ins.Ohio Supreme Court · 1940
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3Cited by10 opinions
- D. H. Overmyer Co., Inc. of Ohio v. Frick Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6231, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,179 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, in Its Capacity as Conservator for Atlantic Financial Savings, F.A. Financial v. Rick S. AaronianCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Harriet Lois Jones v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
- Federal Deposit Insurance v. AaronianCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Sutton Bank v. Progressive Polymers, L.L.C.Ohio Court of Appeals · 2019
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