Legal Opinion
Griffin v. McCoach
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1940No. 9652PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
This is a contest over the proceeds of an insurance policy issued on the life of Colonel Robert D. Gordon. John D. McCoach, as trustee for the men who organized the Middletown Tex Oil Syndicate and their assignees, claims the money as the beneficiary named in the policy; J. Rob Griffin, the administrator of the decedent’s estate, claims a part of it in behalf of the heirs at law of Gordon. The insurance company, by interpleader, paid the amount due into the registry of the court, and has no interest in the controversy.
The issues presented on appeal can best be understood…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- New York Mutual Life Insurance v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. SchaeferSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Insurance Co. v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Grigsby v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Aetna Life Insurance v. DunkenSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Griffin v. McCoachSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Gaunt v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Flick's Estate v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- Griffin v. McCoachCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- Munn v. RobisonDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1950
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