Legal Opinion

Ætna Life Ins. v. Meyn

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 5, 1943No. 12441PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIDDICK, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by the appellees, beneficiaries in a policy of insurance upon the life of William F. Meyn, to recover the sum insured by the policy. From a judgment in their favor at a trial without a jury the insurance company appeals.

There is no dispute concerning the material facts. William F. Meyn was insured by the appellant insurance company under a policy of life insurance expiring on the 5th day of March 1935. The policy was a seven-year term, nonparticipating, convertible contract of insurance, under which the insured acquired the right, at any time…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. August Prange & Bankers Trust Co. v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1932
  2. Cleaver v. Central States Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1940
  3. Goodacre v. PanagopoulosCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
  4. Knapp v. Imperial Oil & Gas Products Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1942
  5. Helfer v. Corona Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Irene A. Janzen, Administratrix of the Estate of Waldo R. Janzen, Deceased v. Wilber W. Goos and Ivan GottulaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
  2. Nat Yanish v. Bruce G. Barber, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
  3. E. Ward King and Myrtle C. King v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
  4. Wiggs v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1953
  5. United States v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980

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