Legal Opinion
Pyramid Life Insurance Company v. Mildred S. Curry
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1961No. 16695PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment against it upon a life insurance policy it issued to Thomas C. Curry on April 1, 1956. The action is brought by Mildred S. Curry, surviving spouse and the beneficiary named in the policy. The insured died on April 15, 1957. The issuance of the policy, the insured’s death and payment of premiums are conceded. The defense is that the policy was procured by fraud in that the insured had falsely represented in his application that he was in good health, that he never had or had been told that he had high blood pressure…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Leif M. Hanson v. Ford Motor Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- Thompson v. Maxwell Land Grant & Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Coca Cola Bottling Co. Of Black Hills v. HubbardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1953
- Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co. v. KulpCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
- Mildred S. Curry v. Pyramid Life Insurance Company and Home Savings Association of Kansas CityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Patrick v. SedwickAlaska Supreme Court · 1966
- Doe v. New York City Department of Social ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Darold Maxfield v. Cintas Corporation, No. 2Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
- Houghton v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Daniel F. Otten v. The Stonewall Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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