Legal Opinion
Denike v. Denike
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 1, 1927No. Docket No. 5403PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON (R. L.), J., pro tem.
T his is an appeal from a judgment against the beneficiary named in an endowment policy of insurance which contained no provision for substitution of beneficiaries. The judgment was rendered on the theory that the interest of the beneficiary had been assigned and relinquished, which is without support in the record.
July 19, 1906, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York issued a twenty-year endowment policy of insurance for the paj^ment of five hundred dollars on the life of Willitt Denike, naming his mother, Josephine Denike, as beneficiary thereof.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mutual Ben. Life Ins. v. SwettCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
- Jory v. Supreme Council American Legion of HonorCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
- Griffith v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co.California Supreme Court · 1894
- Estate of CastagnolaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1924
- Yore v. BoothCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by2 opinions
- North British & Mercantile Insurance v. IngallsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1930
- MacDonald v. California-Western States Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962