Belden v. Union Central Life Insurance
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. John Hunt, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
This is an appeal by the defendant, a life insurance company, from a judgment against it and from the order denying its motion for a nonsuit. The plaintiff is the widow of Roy K. Belden, deceased. When his death occurred there were five purported policies of insurance on his life, all issued by the defendant corporation. Two of these were paid, but the company denied liability upon the other three, being the one here in suit payable to his widow and two others upon which Georgeana Belden, Roy K. Belden’s mother, is the claimant. The policy upon which Mrs. Helen Belden relies is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Northern Assurance Co. v. Grand View Building Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Westerfeld v. New York Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1900
- Iverson v. Metropolitan Life Etc. Co.California Supreme Court · 1907
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- Sharman v. Continental InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1914
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