Legal Opinion
Arminda H. Hedger v. Ethel H. Reynolds, and the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 5, 1954No. 35, Docket 23007PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
Invoking the diversity jurisdiction of the court, the appellee brought this suit to set aside an instrument she had signed at the request of her deceased husband which had enabled him to have a policy of insurance on his life, in which she had previously been the sole beneficiary without right reserved to the insured to change the beneficiary, amended to give him that right. Before his death, he revoked the designation of his wife as beneficiary and had the appellant designated as such. When the insured died, the policy was payable to a third party to whom it had been assigned as security for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. Aluminum Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Moore v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Bank of JamestownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
- Haack v. . WeickenNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Straight Side Basket Corporation v. Webster Basket Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
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3Cited by10 opinions
- William H. Beggs and Mary Clark Beggs v. Dougherty Overseas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- United States v. Henry Paul Norman Caron and Michael Joseph CastelloCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Donald W. Maloney as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Eastern Footwear Corporation v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- United States of America Ex Rel. George Diblin v. Harold W. Follette, Warden of Green Haven State Prison, Stormville, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Joseph Repan v. American President Lines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
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