Legal Opinion
Bach v. Western States Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1931No. 374PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDERMOTT, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff (appellant) was denied recovery on a $5,000 policy of insurance issued on May 10, 1915, on the life of her husband, who died on May 27, 1927. The defense was that the policy lapsed on July 2, 1925. The facts are agreed.
The policy is the ordinary “old-line” life policy, with reserve values. It provides:
“The consideration for this insurance and all benefits hereunder shall be the declarations, answers and agreements made in the application for this policy, which is made a part hereof, and the payment of One hundred and Eighty-two and 00/100 Dollars in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. StathamSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Thompson v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Iowa Life Insurance v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Klein v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Chase v. Business Men's Assur. Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Penn Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. FiquettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
- Presentation Sisters, Inc. v. Mutual Ben. Life Ins. Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1971
- Minnesota Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. CostCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
- Moss v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1934
- Great Horizons Development Corp. v. Massachusetts Mutual Life InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1978
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