Legal Opinion
Phoenix Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Cummings
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided August 5, 1946No. 493PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIDGE, District Judge.
This interpleader action instituted in this Court by virtue of T. 28 U.S.C.A. § 41 (26), involves the proceeds of a life insurance policy issued on the life of Janies D. Cummings, who gave his life in defense of his country, in time of its greatest need.
James D. Cummings and Mildred E. Cummings were married in 1937. In the year 1939 James D. Cummings took out a policy of insurance on his life, naming his then wife, Mildred E. Cummings, the beneficiary therein. The right to change the beneficiary so designated in said policy was reserved. While James D. Cummings was on…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- McDonald v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- Doering v. BuechlerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
- Reid v. DurborawCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1921
- Johnson v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1930
- Fendler v. RoySupreme Court of Missouri · 1932
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Service Life Insurance Co. of Fort Worth v. DavisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1971
- Persons v. Prudential Ins. Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1950
- Aetna Life Insurance Company v. ParkerDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1955
- Pan American Life Insurnace v. de Cobian AlvarezDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1958
- UNITED BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. CodyDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1968
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