Legal Opinion
New York Life Ins. Co. v. Odom
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1937No. 8572, 8573PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, New York Life Insurance Company, brought these two suits in equity against the insured and the beneficiaries, seeking cancellation o'f two policies of life insurance and cancellation of their reinstatement, on the ground that the insured had given false answers to questions material to the risk in applications for the reinstatement of the policies, after they had lapsed for nonpayment of premiums. The cases were tried together and submitted on practically the same evidence. The appeals are from judgments dismissing the bills.
The District Court found the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hilton-GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Johnson v. American National Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. McCarthyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1927
- Supreme Conclave Knights of Damon v. WoodSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Sauter v. St. Michael's CollegeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1962
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. WestDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1957
- Leonard C. Lacy v. United States of America, Upon the Relation and for the Use of the Tennessee Valley AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- McDaniel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Metropolitan Life Ins. v. MaddenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
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