Legal Opinion
Pyramid Life Ins. Co. v. Selkirk
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 3, 1936No. 7676PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUM, District Judge.
This is a suit in equity seeking, besides incidental relief, cancellation of the disability benefit provis'ons of a combination policy of life and disability insurance issued by Kansas Life Insurance Company to Wjatt Owen Selkirk. Motion to dismiss the bill was sustained upon the ground that the hereinafter quoted incontestability clause bars the suit. From final judgment thereon this appeal is taken.
Appellant, plaintiff below, asserts that in the original application for the policy in 1928, and in subsequent applications for reinstatement in November, 1929, and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Ness v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1934
- Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. HartleCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1933
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. DavisDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1933
- Rosso v. New York Life Ins. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1930
- Dent v. National Life Accident Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1928
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. DeemCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937
- Terry v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
- Malloy v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1939
- Klanian v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1942
- New York Life Insurance v. RotmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1942
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