Legal Opinion

Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. Brandt

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 10, 1940No. 6 Div. 610PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

This suit is by appellee, the beneficiary of two policies of life insurance on her husband, who died.

Policy No. 3,632,902. — Count No. 2.

The defendant, appellant, claimed in its pleas and evidence that the policy had lapsed for nonpayment of a quarterly premium due November 20, 1935, and that the surrender value at that time was not sufficient to extend its benefits to the time of his death, — all dependent upon certain quoted provisions of the policy, as follows:

“The Equitable Life Assurance- Society of the United States, a mutual company organized July 26, 1859, hereby…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Board of Assessors of the Parish v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  2. United States Life Insurance v. LesserSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
  3. Norton v. Crescent City Ice Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1933
  4. Washburn v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
  5. Great American Ins. Co. v. DoverSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Battles v. Pierson Chevrolet, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  2. Aetna Life Insurance Company v. EilersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
  3. McGowin v. CobbSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  4. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Insurance Department v. PembertonAlabama Court of Appeals · 1956
  5. New York Life Ins. v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1943

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