Legal Opinion

Atlas Life Insurance v. W. I. Southern, Inc.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 17, 1939No. 598PublishedCited by 131 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone

In this case the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has certified to us questions of law concerning which it asks instructions for the proper decision of the cause pending in that court. Judicial Code, § 239; 28 U. S. C. § 346.

The certificate states that on March 13, 1936, Atlas Life . Insurance Company, an Oklahoma corporation, plaintiff below, issued, on a single application, three policies of insurance on the life of one Southern, in amounts of $10,000, $15,000 and $25,000 respectively, each naming as beneficiary W. I. Southern, Inc., a Delaware corporation. All . of the policies…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Landis v. North American Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. SwanSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  4. Matthews v. RodgersSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. In Re SawyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1888

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3Cited by131 opinions

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