Legal Opinion

New York Life Insurance v. Wilson

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided October 19, 1937No. 27728PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDayison, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment Of the district court of Kay county. The plaintiff, R. O. Wilson, instituted the suit as administrator of the estate of Alfred Heinemann, deceased, to recover on an insurance policy in the principal sum of $3,000 written by the defendant, New York Life Insurance Company, upon the life of Alfred Heinemann. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff. Defendant appealed. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.

This litigation arose over the interpretation of a provision in the insurance policy giving the right to the insured to change…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Mutual Life Insurance v. LowtherColorado Court of Appeals · 1912
  2. Farley v. First National BankCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933
  3. Ruggeri v. GriffithsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  4. Carson v. CarsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
  5. Northern Life Ins. Co. v. BurkholderOregon Supreme Court · 1929

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Ivey v. WoodSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1963
  2. Bowser v. BowserSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1949
  3. Harjo v. FoxSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1944
  4. O'Neal v. O'NealSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
  5. American Nat. Ins. v. ReidDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1952

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