Legal Opinion
Kavakos v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 21, 1936No. Nos. 6692, 6693PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellants are the beneficiaries named in two policies of insurance issued by the Equitable Life Assurance Society on the life of Pete Kavakos. The policies are dated December 19, 1932, and January 4, 1933. To each is attached the application for the policy, and each policy provides that the policy and application constitute the entire contract between the parties.
Part 2 of each application, consisting of questions and answers, relating to the health and medical history of the applicant, was signed by the applicant and contained an agreement that the answers should form part of the policy…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hilton-GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. Hurni Packing Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1919
- Fountain & Herrington, Inc. v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1932
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. McCarthyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1927
- Keeton v. Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Kaplan v. Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Roy Louis Jannenga v. Nationwide Life Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- Metropolitan Life Ins. v. AdamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1944
- Zolintakis v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1938
- Johnson v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1983
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