Legal Opinion
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Clyda Tarrence
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 15, 1957No. 12940_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Circuit Judge.
In this case a Kentucky district judge was called upon to resolve a narrow and elusive question of New York law. His decision is now reviewed by a court composed of judges from Michigan, Tennessee and Ohio. Such an anomaly, though not unfamiliar, is never fortunate.
The facts are not in dispute. The ap-pellee was the beneficiary of life insurance policies aggregating $9,300, issued by the appellant company on the life of her husband, Roy Tarrence. The policies had been issued pursuant to a prior group policy, which provided that they should “be deemed to be issued and…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Township of Hillsborough v. CromwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. FieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by7 opinions
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