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The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York v. William H. Ellison

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 12, 1955No. 15338_1PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant here appeals from a judgment of the court below resulting from a trial in which the jury was waived, permitting appellee to recover as for a total disability under the disability provisions of two life insurance policies issued by appellant. 1

Since this court can reverse the judgment below only if we find such judgment clearly erroneous, we set out the facts generally as contended for by appellee. With slight modification, required by our own careful reading of the record, the following statement is taken from appellee’s brief. There will be added below certain…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. WigginsSupreme Court of Florida · 1934
  2. New England Mutual Life Insurance v. HuckinsSupreme Court of Florida · 1937
  3. Mutual Life Insurance v. KnightSupreme Court of Florida · 1937
  4. New York Life Insurance Co. v. BirdSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
  5. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. of California v. McCaskillSupreme Court of Florida · 1936

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. CotterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
  2. Casson v. Nationwide InsuranceSuperior Court of Delaware · 1982
  3. George Graves Dixon v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
  4. Edgar W. Stokes v. Continental Assurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
  5. Levy v. D. C. Transit System, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1961

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