Legal Opinion
Pence v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 25, 1942No. 665PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jackson
This action was begun in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin by the petitioner, a widow, as sole beneficiary of a policy of United States Government life insurance issued to her deceased - husband, Doctor Lawrence W. Pence. The only contested issue was raised by the Government’s affirmative defense that the policy had been reinstated as the result of fraudulent representations in Doctor Pence’s application for reinstatement of the policy after it had lapsed for nonpayment of premium.
At the close of the evidence in the trial court, the Government moved for a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Agnew v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hilton-GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Claflin v. Commonwealth InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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