Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. New England Mut. Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1941No. 4768PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This action was instituted in the court below for recovery on two life insurance policies aggregating $15,000, with provision for double indemnity in case of accidental death. The defense was based on the suicide of the insured. Judgment on the pleadings for the face of the policies, on the theory that the suicide clause therein contained was void because of failure to comply with the Virginia statute relating to that subject, was reversed by this court in New England Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Mitchell, 4 Cir. 118 F.2d 414. Subsequent to the entry of tha,t judgment in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Watkins v. Prudential InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co. v. ClemmerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1935
- New England Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
- Gorham v. Mutual Ben. Health & Accident Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
- Darden v. MurphySupreme Court of Virginia · 1940
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Charles A. Polizzi and Angela Polizzi v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Charles A. Polizzi v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1959
- Imhoff v. WalkerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947
- Moore v. Union Fidelity Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
- First National Exchange Bank of Virginia v. Myers (In Re Burton)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia · 1980
- Moore v. Union Fidelity Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1979