Legal Opinion
New England Mutual Life Insurance v. Hinkle
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1957No. 15740PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.
Defendant insurance company has appealed from a judgment entered against it upon an alleged contract of temporary life insurance. Jurisdiction based upon diversity of citizenship is established.
Rodney Bliss, Jr., general agent of the defendant, learned that W. Max Hinkle had made a mortgage upon his home. Hinkle was service and parts manager for the Onthank Company. Bliss, on February 25, 1955, called upon Hinkle at Hinkle’s place of employment to sell him insurance. Defendant’s decreasing term policy was fully explained to Hinkle. The policy discussed afforded…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Gaunt v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Reynolds v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1920
- Gonsoulin v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Mofrad v. New York Life Ins. CoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
- Jones v. New York Life Ins. Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1926
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3Cited by2 opinions
- New England Mutual Life Insurance Company Of Boston, Massachusetts v. Maxine K. HinkleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957
- L. B. Willoughby (Mrs. Thelma Willoughby, Administratrix of the Estate of L. B. Willoughby, Deceased) v. Aulbert J. BrannenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959