Legal Opinion
Cardwell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1951No. 13264PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BORAH, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Jessie Brunette Card-well, as the sole beneficiary of a National Service Life Insurance policy issued to her deceased husband, Ross Cardwell, brought this action against the United States under the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended, 38 U.S.C.A. § 801 et seq., to recover the proceeds of the policy.
In its answer, the Government set up as an affirmative defense that as a result of fraudulent representations made in his application for reinstatement dated October 9, 1947, the insured had fraudulently procured the reinstatement of the…
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- Wharton v. ætna Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
- Kaplan v. Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Madden v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
- Edwards v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Pan American Petroleum Corporation v. B. B. Orr and W. R. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Leon's Auto Parts Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Thompson v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1952
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