Legal Opinion
Edney v. Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1965No. 17682PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
The motion of appellee to dismiss the appeal for lack of a final decision as basis for jurisdiction here under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1291 is granted and the appeal will be dismissed.
The action (filed in state court and removed on diversity) was one brought by a widow, individually and as executrix of her husband’s estate, against an insurance company to recover judgment for $15,000, representing the amount of term life-insurance for which the husband had made application to the company, but as to which it had not issued a policy at the time of his death.
Right to recover the $15,000 was claimed on…
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- Edney v. Fidelity And Guaranty Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965