Legal Opinion
Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. Hess
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 25, 1947No. 11787PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The suit was upon a life insurance policy delivered to Frederick Richard Hess in Illinois in 1919, in which Mrs. Eleanore M. Hess, his wife, was beneficiary. She alleged her husband died by accidental drowning on June 3, 1945, having been totally disabled as the result of a slight stroke of apoplexy since January, 1940, and she sought recovery of $3,000 (with dividend accretions), the face of the policy, and also $3,000 for double indemnity in case of accidental death, and for disability payments from January, 1940, till death, all as promised in the policy which she…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Christ v. Pacific Mutual Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
- Ryan v. Continental Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
- Sturm v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1918
- Rebenstorf v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1939
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Robert M. Layne v. Douglas Vinzant, Frank Hall and Charles Gaughan, Robert M. Layne v. Douglas VinzantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Jenetta W. Pickens v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Sun Insurance Office, Limited v. John ClayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. M. Patricia BreslinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. SchlatterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
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