Legal Opinion
Business Men's Assur. Co. v. Scott
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1927No. 7305PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN B. SANBORN, District Judge.
George C. Scott, the husband of Dora A. Scott, was the insured under an accident policy dated October 30, 1920, by which the assurance company agreed to pay to his beneficiary $5,000 in case the insured lost his life as a result of injuries caused exclusively by accidental means (excluding suicide, sane or insane). Premiums were due August 1st in each year. On August 1, 1923, the insured failed to pay the premium then due, but did pay it on August 20, 1923. It was accepted and the policy reinstated. On July 27, 1924, Scott shot himself. Dora A. Scott the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Massachusetts Benefit Life Ass'n v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Whitfield v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. of HartfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Goodwin v. Provident Savings Life Assurance Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. LovejoySupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Trapp v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- General Casualty & Surety Co. v. KiersteadCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
- Ettman v. Federal Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
- State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. v. MackechnieCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- Lowry v. &198tna Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1938
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