Legal Opinion
Burns v. Mutual Ben. Life Ins. Co. of Newark
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided September 20, 1948No. 251PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STARR, District Judge.
The parties have stipulated the .material facts in this case. Plaintiffs, who are husband and wife, are residents of Michigan; defendant is a New Jersey corporation authorized to transact life insurance business in Michigan. On September 13, 1941, the defendant executed and delivered its life insurance policy in the principal amount of $5,000 upon the life of plaintiffs’ son, Robert W. Burns, the plaintiffs being designated therein as beneficiaries. Subsequent to the issuance of this policy, the insured entered the United States military service, and on June 7, 1943, was…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Aschenbrenner v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Matter of Met. Life Ins. Co. v. ConwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Head v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Elston-Richards Storage Co. v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North AmericaDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1960
- National Surety Corporation v. Geneva DotsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1959
- West Michigan Dock & Market Corp. v. St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity Co.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1949
- Mang v. Travelers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. DanielsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1952
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