Legal Opinion
Ruth B. Ziegler, Also Known as Ruth Besgrove Ziegler v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 10, 1961No. 13061PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASTLE, Circuit Judge.
Ruth B. Ziegler, plaintiff-appellee,, brought this action1 against The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, defendant-appellant, as beneficiary under insurance policies issued by defendant on the life of Leslie E. Ziegler, plaintiff’s deceased husband. Following the insured’s death defendant paid plain*663tiff the $10,000.00 face amount of the policies. In her suit plaintiff seeks recovery of an additional $10,000.00 in double indemnity benefits which defendant declined to pay. A jury trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiff upon which the District Court…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wilkinson v. Ætna Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Guardian Mutual Life Ins. v. HoganIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Gladys Smith v. J. C. Penney CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1958
- Osborne v. OsborneIllinois Supreme Court · 1927
- The People v. CorbishlyIllinois Supreme Court · 1927
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Continental Air Lines, Inc. v. Wagner-Morehouse, Inc., Continental Air Lines, Inc. v. Wagner-Morehouse, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
- Adolphus Keaton v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- Inez Lyons v. J. C. Penney CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- Adolphus Keaton v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- Ruth B. Ziegler, Also Known as Ruth Besgrove Ziegler v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1961