Legal Opinion
New York Life Ins. Co. v. Cooper
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 16, 1948No. 3588PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for a declaratory judgment.
Nana M. Cooper and Mary Cooper are the beneficiaries under a policy of life insurance issued by the New York Life Insurance Company 1 on the life of Conrad E. Cooper. 2 The insured died October 22, 1942.
The policy contained a double indemnity provision reading as follows:
“The Double Indemnity specified on the first page hereof shall be payable upon receipt of due proof that the death of the Insured resulted directly and independently of all other causes from bodily injury effected solely through external, violent and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Stoner v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Oklahoma v. TextasSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Schreffler v. BowlesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1946
- Cressler v. BrownSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
- Henderson v. United States Radiator CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Zampos v. United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Co. Anderson v. United States Smelting, Refining and Mining CoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
- Broderick Wood Products Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
- Albert Dickinson Co. v. Mellos Peanut Co. Of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
- National Labor Relations Board v. Brown & Root, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1953
- United States v. Kansas Gas and Electric Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
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