Legal Opinion
Holland v. Pyramid Life Ins. Co. Of Little Rock
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 25, 1952No. 14096_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Brought against the defendant, upon its assumption1 of a term policy, No. 3950, which Planet Insurance Company had issued upon the life of one Tom Holland, naming the plaintiffs as beneficiaries, the *927suit was for the rescission of the contract and recovery of all the premiums plaintiffs had paid on it.
Their claim in substance was: that an agent of Planet Insurance Company, by falsely representing to plaintiffs, the nephews of the insured, that they could lawfully be named as beneficiaries and as such could receive the proceeds of the policy if and when it became a…
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