Legal Opinion
Service Life Ins. v. Weinberg
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 13, 1936No. 5506PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALSCHULER, Circuit Judge.
On August 14, 1934, appellant filed its bill in equity to cancel an insurance policy for $5,000 which had been issued August 14, 1929, by Union Pacific Assurance Company of America on the life of Julius Weinberg, his wife, Bessie, being the beneficiary. Appellant had reinsured the first insurer, and had assumed all liability under the policy. On appellees’ motion the District Court dismissed the bill. Diversity of citizenship is the ground of federal jurisdiction.
The hill charges that before the date of Weinberg’s application for the policy, and up to the issuance of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Wood v. CarpenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Wright v. Mutual Benefit Life Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Bates v. PrebleSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
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3Cited by6 opinions
- General Finance Corporation v. DillonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949
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- Dorman v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1939
- John S. Smith v. New York Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. PatryasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1937
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