Legal Opinion
Wastun v. Lincoln Nat. Life Ins. Co. of Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1926No. 7043PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MUNGER, District Judge.
The plaintiff in error brought suit against the defendant in error to recover upon a policy of insurance issued by the defendant in error upon the joint lives of the plaintiff in error and her husband, Cornelius O. Wastun, payable to the survivor upon the death of either of the insured persons. The action was dismissed, and this error proceeding is brought to review the judgment of dismissal. The question presented is whether the policy was in force at the time of the death of the husband of tbe plaintiff in error.
Tbe ease was presented to tbe court upon tbe pleadings…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Pritchard v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Scudder v. Union National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Insurance Co. v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- New York Life Insurance v. StathamSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Lehnen v. DicksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Briggs v. United Services Life Insurance CompanySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1962
- Lincoln Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. HammerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1930
- Minnesota Amusement Company, a Corporation v. John Fred LarkinCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
- Harris v. New York Life InsuranceCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1943
- Ruhlin v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
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