Legal Opinion
American Nat. Ins. Co. of Galveston v. Belch
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 29, 1938No. 4327PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This action by the beneficiary named in a life insurance policy in the sum of $3,000 which was removed to the District Court on the ground of diverse citizenship, is based upon a rider attached to the policy in which the Insurance Company agreed to pay $6,000 in the event of the death of Clarence John Belch, the insured, being caused by bodily injuries effected exclusively and wholly by external, violent and accidental means, occurring within sixty days after the injury and before the insured reached the age of sixty years. The evidence showed that death occurred under…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Ruhlin v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Western Commercial Travelers' Ass'n v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. DodgeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1926
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Schonberg v. New York Life Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1958
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Boston v. PlummerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1942
- Georgie W. McCallum v. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Home Life Ins. v. MoonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
- Karpark Corp. v. Town of GrahamDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1951
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