Legal Opinion
Liberty National Life Insurance Company, Inc. v. Betty S. Hamilton
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 10, 1956No. 12709PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Chief Judge.
This appeal involves the question whether there is liability on the part of an insurance company to an applicant for insurance where a first premium has been paid, a so-called “binding receipt” therefor given, and a medical examination had, but before approval of the application the applicant dies. The application was made by James Alvis Hamilton and suit was begun by the appellee as beneficiary upon denial of liability. The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict for the appellee and the appeal is from the judgment which followed.
On February 28, 1954, the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gaunt v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Stonsz v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Leube v. Prudential Ins. Co. of AmericaOhio Supreme Court · 1947
- Duncan v. John Hancock Mutual Life Ins.Ohio Supreme Court · 1940
- Smiley v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMichigan Supreme Court · 1948
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Allen v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965
- Service v. Pyramid Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1968
- Adolf v. Union National Life Insurance CompanyNebraska Supreme Court · 1960
- Elise I. Cliborn v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
- LIFE & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. OF TENN. v. HarvisonMississippi Supreme Court · 1966
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