Legal Opinion

World Insurance Co. v. Perry

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided July 11, 1956No. [No. 200, October Term, 1955.]PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDelaplaine, J.

This is a declaratory judgment proceeding brought by Dr. Nathaniel Harold Perry, a dentist, of Baltimore, against World Insurance Company, a body corporate, of Omaha, Nebraska, to obtain (1) a judicial declaration that a health and accident insurance policy, which the company had issued to him in 1940, is still in full force and effect, and (2) a preliminary injunction restraining the company from cancelling the policy.

Under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, any person interested under a contract may have determined any question of construction or validity arising thereunder, and obtain…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Malley v. American Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  3. Hartford Fire Insurance v. WalshIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
  4. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. HemenoverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1937
  5. Travelers Insurance v. GreenoughSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1937

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Maryland Medical Service, Inc. v. CarverCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
  2. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. KuhlCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
  3. Benner v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
  4. Audio Visual Associates, Incorporated, T/a Ritz Audio Visual Associates, Incorporated v. Sharp Electronics Corporation, and Douglas Stewart CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
  5. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Brethren Mutual InsuranceCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1977

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