Legal Opinion
Blair v. New York Life Insurance Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 21, 1940No. Civ. 11298PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWard, J.
This is an action to recover disability benefits accruing under a policy of insurance issued by defendant company on the life of plaintiff, with particular reference to what law governs the interpretation of the two-year incontestability clause in the policy.
Pursuant to a written application made at Tacoma, Washington, on or about September 23, 1927, and in consideration of the payment of the first year’s premium, the New York Life Insurance Company issued a policy of life insurance to Helen P. Blair in the amount of $10,000. This amount was subsequently, by amendment, reduced to $8,000 and…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Steinberg v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Stroehmann v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Royal Insurance v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Trousdell v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942
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