Legal Opinion
Ostroff v. New York Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1939No. 9024PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by Ostroff, insured under a policy of the appellee insurance company, insuring both life and permanent total disability, from a declaratory judgment of the district court in a suit brought by insured against the company.
The insurance company had attempted to rescind the policy as to its disability provisions, and the issues tendered by the prayer for declaratory judgment are: « * * * with respect to the right or power of the defendant to rescind said policy of insurance in the premises so far as disability is concerned, and whether said policy is…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Stroehmann v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Burr v. Western States Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931
- Head v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
- Dibble v. Reliance Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
- Harrigan v. Home Life Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1900
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Sampson v. ChannellCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
- Standard Acc. Ins. Co. Of Detroit, Mich. v. Winget Winget v. Standard Acc. Ins. Co. Of Detroit, MichCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Audra H. PalmerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- Madden v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
- United Pac. Ins. Co. v. Northwestern Nat. Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
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