Legal Opinion
Beck v. Downey
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 8, 1951No. 12642_1PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODMAN, District Judge.
This litigation, commenced in the State 'Court of California and removed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California on the ground of diversity of citizenship involves a dispute between the heirs of an estate and a contingent beneficiary named in two life insurance policies, as to the distribution of the proceeds of the policies.
Lila L. Downey, a resident of California, while visiting in Iowa with her husband David A. Downey, also a resident of California, on July 20, 1946, applied to Peoples Life Insurance Company, a corporation of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Love v. WilcoxTexas Supreme Court · 1930
- Downey v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1950
- Smith v. GreenburgSupreme Court of Colorado · 1950
- West Coast Life Insurance v. CrawfordCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943
- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. DeemCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Beck v. West Coast Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1952
- Bernard H. Tabor v. William H. Hardwick, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Hayashi v. LorenzCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Georgia Webb v. Sue Ann Martin Voirol, Helen A. Martin v. Sue Ann Martin VoirolCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Beck v. DowneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
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