Legal Opinion

Hurt v. New York Life Ins.

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided November 2, 1931No. 400PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

Counsel for plaintiffs contend, in a petition for rehearing, that section 40-330, Kansas Rev. St. 1923, was copied from section 6142, Missouri Rev. St. 3919, and that in our former opinion we erred in not following- the construction placed on such statutes by the Missouri and Kansas decisions.

The provisions of the two statutes are substantially the same. We assume therefore that the Kansas statute was taken from Missouri, and that the Kansas legislature, when it passed section 40-330, supra, adopted along with the Missouri statute the judicial construction which had…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Northwestern National Life Insurance v. RiggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  2. Everson v. General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  3. Kern v. Supreme Council, American Legion of HonorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
  4. Christian v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
  5. Redman v. Ætna InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Commercial Standard Ins. Co. v. GarrettCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
  2. Sentinel Life Ins. Co. v. BlackmerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935
  3. Crawford ex rel. Estate of Crawford v. DalySuperior Court of The Virgin Islands · 2010
  4. Hawkins v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1954
  5. Ketchum v. Denver & Rio Grande Western R.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1949

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