Legal Opinion
Rountree v. United States
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided April 24, 1943No. Civ. A. No. 463PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PORTERIE, District Judge.
In action on war risk policy by the insured, claiming reinstatement after lapse, the defense by the Government was that the reinstatement had been procured by fraud. The question of equitable fraud, upon suggestion from the attorney for the Bureau of War Risk Litigation, was reserved by and for the court, pending submission of all other issues to the jury (the main one being that of legal fraud). The verdict was for the plaintiff and the court, upon motion made, has refused to disturb that verdict.
The question of equitable fraud was conceded to be one purely of law.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hilton-GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Claflin v. Commonwealth InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Pence v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Lehigh Zinc and Iron Company v. BamfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Johnson v. Mansfield Hardwood Lumber CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1958