Legal Opinion
McGogney v. Mutual Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 31, 1939No. 6698Published
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
The appellants are the father and mother of Oliver L. McGogney Jr., who died on May 29, 1931 as a result of an automobile accident. They are also the beneficiaries named in a policy of insurance issued by the appellee on the life of their deceased son which provided for ordinary death benefits of $5000 and double indemnity benefits of $10,000 under certain conditions not here material. Upon the refusal of the appellee to pay their claim under the policy, they brought suit in the District Court. In their original statement of claim they alleged that they were entitled to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Carpenter v. Providence Washington InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- Ruhlin v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Krebs v. Philadelphia Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
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