Legal Opinion
Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. Sieg
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1931No. Nos. 5723-5725PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HICKENLOOPER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff below, here appellee, brought a separate action upon each of three policies of life insurance upon the life of Joseph L. Sieg, her husband. In her petition and proofs plaintiff relied, to establish the death of the insured, upon the presumption which is said to arise from seven years’ unexplained absence, without tidings after search, and without communication by the insured with those who would have been likely to hear from him in the interim had he been living. Davie v. Briggs, 97 U. S. 628, 633, 634, 24 L. Ed. 1086. The defense assailed the contentions…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Davie v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Denver & R. G. R. v. RodderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1900
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. RossCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1928
- Hardy-Burlingham Mining Co. v. BakerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1926
- Continental Life Ins. v. SearingCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1917
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Duffin v. LucasCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932
- Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. FelgenhauerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1948
- United States v. R. C. Tway Coal Sales Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1935
- Henkel v. VarnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- McCune v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1932
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