Legal Opinion
Claywell v. Inter-Southern Life Ins. Co. of Louisville
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1934No. 9771PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, Circuit Judge.
This is an action by a beneficiary upon two policies of life insurance. At the conclusion of the evidence for the plaintiffs, the court directed a verdict for the defendant. Erom the judgment entered thereon, plaintiffs bring this appeal. The main matter here is the sufficiency of the evidence, to go to the jury, upon the fact issue of whether the insured died within a certain period of time following his complete disappearance— which period is well within the five-year statutory presumption of death arising from continued absence.
The policies were issued December 23,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Stevens v. the White CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Ewing v. GoodeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio · 1897
- Fidelity Mutual Life Ass'n v. MettlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. BaridonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- Massachusetts Protective Ass'n v. MouberCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- P. F. Collier & Son Co. v. HartfeilCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- Arnall v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1943
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