Legal Opinion

Cameron v. Penn Mutual Life Ins. Co.

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided June 5, 1932PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The bill seeks to reform a policy of life insurance by substituting the clause:

"Payable to Emma R Cameron, wife of the insured, if she should survive him; otherwise to Bertha Clement and Myrtle Grant, sisters of the insured, in equal shares, or the survivor, should neither of them survive the insured, then to the insured's estate"

for the clause:

"Payable to my sisters, Bertha Clement and Myrtle Grant, in equal shares, and the survivor, should neither of them survive, then to my executors, administrators or assigns"

now in the policy which is in the possession of the complainant, the widow of…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Arndt v. GriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  3. Jellenik v. Huron Copper Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1900
  4. Hart v. SansomSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  5. New York Life Insurance v. DunlevySupreme Court of the United States · 1916

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Atkinson v. Superior Court of Los Angeles CountyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957
  2. Elgart v. MintzNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1938
  3. Cameron v. Penn Mutual Life Ins. Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1934
  4. Englander v. JacobyNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1942
  5. B. J. Van Ingen & Co. v. Burlington County Bridge CommissionDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1949

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