Legal Opinion
Taliaferro v. Travelers' Protective Ass'n of America
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 12, 1897No. 868PublishedCited by 43 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri.
1Opinion of the Court
THAYER, Circuit Judge.
This was a suit on a benefit certificate issued by the Travelers’ Protective Association of America, the defendant in error, to Edward McC. Taliaferro, on November 10, 1893. The certificate contained the following provision:
“Every member of the Travelers’ Protective Association in good standing shall be entitled to the following benefits, upon satisfactory proof being presented to the national board of directors. Four thousand dollars shall be paid to the heirs of any deceased member in case of death by accident. * * *”
The petition in the suit which was filed by Maud F.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lovelace v. Travelers' Protective Ass'nSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Hutchcraft's Ex'r v. Travelers' InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1888
- Supreme Council of Order of Chosen Friends v. GarrigusIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Phelan v. Travelers' InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1890
3Cited by43 opinions
- O'Bar v. Southern Life Health Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- O'Neill v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Price v. Occidental Life Ins. Co.California Supreme Court · 1915
- Riggins v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
- Postler v. Travelers Ins. Co.California Supreme Court · 1916
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