Legal Opinion
Great Southern Life Ins. Co. v. Brooks
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 31, 1933No. 20899PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWelch, J.
This was an action to recover on a policy of life insurance issued upon the life of Mildred Brooks, payable to Lucille Brooks as beneficiary. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court, where Lucille Brooks was plaintiff and the Great Southern Life Insurance Company, a corporation, was defendant. Judgment was for the beneficiary, and the insurance company appeals.
The question is whether the insurance policy was in force when the insured died, August 13th. This question depends on whether or not the insurance company waived the contract provisions reo;uii'ing prompt…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. StathamSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Klein v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co. of California v. McDowellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Bankers Reserve Life Co. v. RiceSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Knights of the MacCabees of the World v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Phillips v. LagalyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1954
- Great Southwestern Life Ins. Co. v. GibsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
- Central States Life Ins. Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
- General American Life Ins. Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
- Jackson v. United Benefit L. Ins. Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1939
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