Legal Opinion
New York Life Ins. Co. v. Waterman
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1939No. 8972PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by the New York Life Insurance Company of New York to cancel a reinstatement after lapsa*991tion of two insurance policies of life and health, issued to Samuel L. Waterman, the appellee, upon the ground that such reinstatement was procured by fraudulent representation concerning his condition of health and insurability.
The trial court sustained a motion to dismiss upon the ground that the period of two years fixed in the insurance policy for contest had expired long before the reinstatement occurred and that the policy became incontestable for past or…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. GalbraithTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
- Dibble v. Reliance Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
- Teeter v. . United Life Ins. Assn.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
- McCormack v. Security Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Sampson v. ChannellCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
- Momand v. Twentieth-Century Fox Film CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1941
- Baekgaard v. CarreiroCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- McCary v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965
- Washington Nat. Ins. Co. v. ShawCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
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