Legal Opinion
New York Life Ins. Co. v. McCreary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1932No. 9402PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Circuit Judge.
The appellee as plaintiff below brought this action to recover $4,000 upon an alleged contract of insurance upon the life of her daughter, Mary Belle McCreary. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the lower court. The defendant contends that no contract of insurance ever became effective.
On January 31, 1929, Mary Belle Mc-Creary, daughter of the plaintiff, was solicited to take out insurance upon her life by a soliciting agent of the defendant at Seotts-bluff, Neb., and in the forenoon of that day signed an application for life insurance, naming the…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Slocum v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Northern Assurance Co. v. Grand View Building Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- New York Life Insurance v. FletcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Insurance Co. v. WolffSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Aetna Life Insurance v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Greenbaum v. Columbian Nat. Life Ins. Co. of BostonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- Kithcart v. Metropolitan Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
- Commercial Standard Ins. Co. v. GarrettCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
- Braman v. Mutual Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- Barnebey v. Barron G. Collier, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
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