Legal Opinion
Mid-Continent Life Ins. Co. v. Dees
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 19, 1954No. 34060PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
' JOHNSON, Vice Chief Justice.
The parties will be referred to herein as they appeared in the trial court.
The policy in suit is alleged to have been issued by the defendant upon the life of Dudley Lancaster, payable to Vincent Dees, business partner, if living; otherwise to estate of insured, who, it is claimed, died while the insurance so provided was still in force and effect. The defense of defendant is that there was never any sufficient delivery of the policy.
The record discloses that on February 20, 1948, insured made an application through defendant’s agent, C. M. Hubbard, for a $5,500…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Unterharnscheidt v. Missouri State Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
- Tarleton v. De VeuveCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1940
- Jones v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1936
- Republic National Life Insurance v. MerkleyArizona Supreme Court · 1942
- Acacia Mutual Life Ass'n v. BerryArizona Supreme Court · 1939
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Mid-Continent Life Ins. Co. v. DeesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954