Legal Opinion

Mutual Life Ins. v. Hassing

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided March 16, 1943No. 2622PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (appellant) issued three policies on the life of Clifford Eugene Hassing, in the face amounts of $1,000, $2,000, and $3,000, respectively, and his wife, Chloie P. Hassing (appellee), was made the beneficiary of each. The policies contained double indemnity clauses for accidental death. Two of them provided for double indemnity “upon receipt of due proof that such death resulted from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and accidental means * * * upon the conditions set forth in Section 1.” Section 1…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania Railroad v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. Travellers' Insurance v. McConkeySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Lewis v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
  4. Bohaker v. Travelers InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
  5. Browning v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Utah Supreme Court · 1937

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc. v. Union Bank (In Re United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1980
  2. Kansas City Life Ins. Co. v. HayesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
  3. Stirk v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. Of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
  4. Vahey v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
  5. Hannon v. Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Ass'n of AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944

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