Legal Opinion
MacDonald v. California-Western States Life Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 10, 1962No. Civ. 25498PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShinn, P. J.
Plaintiff Pauline MacDonald, suing on behalf of herself and as executrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Malcolm E. MacDonald, recovered judgment against California-Western States Life Insurance Company and Occidental Life Insurance Company of California in the amount of $13,089 upon a policy of insurance of the life of Mr. MacDonald. The defendants appeal.
The policy which bound the insurers in equal amounts was payable to the Department of Veterans Affairs of the State of California and was issued under the following circumstances. March 29, 1957, the department contracted with Mr.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ransom v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Griffith v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co.California Supreme Court · 1894
- Robinson v. Occidental Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1955
- Pierre v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.California Court of Appeal · 1937
- Travelers Insurance v. ByersCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Thompson v. Occidental Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
- Ruth S. Miller v. Republic National Life Insurance Company, a Texas CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- McAuliffe v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1966
- Ruth S. Miller v. Republic National Life Insurance Company, a Texas CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986