Legal Opinion
Ruhlin v. New York Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 27, 1937No. 5939PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
This case is before us on reargument.
This is a suit by the appellee to rescind the double indemnity and disability provisions in certain policies of life insurance issued by it to John G. Ruhlin, one of the appellants, because of fraud alleged to have been practiced by him in procuring the insurance, and to enjoin him from prosecuting a suit previously commenced by him in a state court to collect the disability benefits.
The questions in issue are whether or not the company is barred from rescinding these provisions because of the “incontestability” clause* contained in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Enelow v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- American Life Insurance v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Steinberg v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Stroehmann v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Trainor Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. WertCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
- Ruhlin v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- Terry v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of the United States v. SaftlasDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1940
- Klanian v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1942
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