Legal Opinion
Davis v. Modern Industrial Bank
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 10, 1939PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHubbs, J.
Clarence M. Davis, on June 1, 1932, procured from the Prudential Life Insurance Company a $5,000 straight life policy of insurance on his own life, dated that day. His wife, Eleanor H. Davis, was the named beneficiary. The policy contained clauses reserving to the insured the right to change the beneficiary and to assign the policy. The insured, Clarence M. Davis, died October 26,1936.
The plaintiffs commenced an action against the insurance company to recover the proceeds of the policy. There being other claimants, the insurance company impleaded the several claimants and paid the proceeds of…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Slocum v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Schoenholz v. . New York Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1922
- Shipman v. . Protected Home CircleNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Wagner v. ThieriotAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
- Quist v. Western & Southern Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1922
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Strubbe v. SonnenscheinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
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