Legal Opinion
White v. New York Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 9, 1944No. 10919PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, as beneficiary of a life insurance policy issued by the appellee on the life of her husband, Harry L. White, seeks to recover of appellee the sum of $5,000 allegedly due in addition to the face of the policy under the double indemnity provision by which White was insured against accidental death. Suit was filed in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, and was by appellee removed to the United States District Court on the ground of diversity of citizenship.
The complaint alleged that the insured’s death resulted directly and independently of all other…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Galloway v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Slocum v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Ass'n v. HudmanTexas Supreme Court · 1965
- Revlon, Inc. v. Mrs. R. H. BuchananCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- M. R. Thomason, Contractor, a Partnership Composed of M. R. Thomason, D. B. Holt, Jr., and Others v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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