Legal Opinion
State Farm Life Insurance v. Pearce
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 10, 1991No. D013109PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HUFFMAN, Acting P. J.
In this interpleader case brought by State Farm Life Insurance Company (State Farm), seeking instructions as to the disposition of certain life insurance proceeds, cross-motions for summary judg*1687ment were brought. The respective moving parties were the contingent beneficiary named under the life insurance policies, defendant and respondent Charlotte Miles, and the estate of the deceased insured, Robert Wayne Pearce, by James F. Pearce, administrator of the estate (the estate) (appellant herein). Each sought an order establishing entitlement to the policy proceeds.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Beck v. DowneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
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