Legal Opinion
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company v. Capitol Datsun, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 11, 1977No. 76-1906PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TAMM, Circuit Judge:
The appeal in this diversity case arises from an action brought by the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (ManuLife) on October 21, 1975, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. ManuLife sought rescission of a $25,000 life insurance policy on the life of Lester Jack Fletcher on the basis of alleged misrepresentations by Fletcher in his application for the policy. 1 The primary beneficiary under the policy, Fannie B. Martin, counterclaimed for the amount of the policy proceeds, which allegedly became due because of Fletcher’s death shortly after…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- The Lafayette Ins. Co. v. FRENCHSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Gaunt v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Franklin Life Insurance Company v. Mary E. Bieniek and Sewickley Savings & Loan AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- Horwitz v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1935
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Vogel v. Independence Federal Savings BankDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1990
- John S. Smith v. New York Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Hammer v. Investors Life Insurance Co. of North AmericaCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1991
- Sciranko v. Fidelity & Guaranty Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2007
- Colonial Penn Insurance v. OwensDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1990
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