Legal Opinion
Sellars v. Continental Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 14, 1929No. 2760PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action at law instituted by Julia A. Sellars against the Continental Life Insurance Company to recover on a poliey of life insurance issued upon the life of her deceased, husband. The defense was that the poliey had lapsed. At the conclusion of the testimony verdict was directed for defendant, and plaintiff has appealed. We shall refer to the parties in accordance with the positions occupied by them in the court below.
The poliey sued on was dated August 7, 1924. The insured, however, refused for some time to accept the poliey, and it was not delivered to him…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Northern Assurance Co. v. Grand View Building Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Iowa Life Insurance v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Klein v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Aetna Life Insurance v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Kampf v. Franklin Life InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Trapp v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- In the Matter of County of Atlantic In the Matter of Township of Bridgewater (077447) (Statewide)Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2017
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. SilversteinCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. TolbertCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1932
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