Legal Opinion
New York Life Ins. Co. v. McCarthy
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 4, 1927No. 5075, 5112PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
These two eases are considered together, as both of them relate to a life insurance policy in the sum of $5,000 issued on February 24,1925, by the New York Life Insurance Company (herein called the insurer) to William P, McCarthy (herein called the insured) in favor of his wife (herein called the beneficiary). The insured died on November 6, 1926. On February 1, 1927, the insurer filed a bill in equity against the beneficiary, praying that it be decreed that said policy was obtained by misrepresentations and concealment, and that the same be canceled. That bill, as it…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Moulor v. American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Fidelity Mutual Life Ass'n v. HarrisTexas Supreme Court · 1900
- Empire Life Insurance v. GeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Jefferson Standard Life Ins. v. McIntyreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1923
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co. v. ClemmerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1935
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. SwiftCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1930
- Shaner v. West Coast Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
- Madden v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
- Hesselberg v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1935
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