Legal Opinion
Franklin Life Ins. v. Staats
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 4, 1938No. 8425PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Circuit Judge.
Appellee brought this suit as beneficiary to recover on a policy of life insurance in the sum of $10,000, issued to her husband, Boise Patrick Staats, by appellant; to recover a statutory penalty of 12 per cent, for delay in payment and reasonable attorney’s fees. A motion to direct a verdict for defendant was overruled, the case was submitted to the jury, and a verdict was rendered as prayed for. The appeal is from the judgment entered on the verdict.
There are seventeen assignments of error, eight of which run to the overruling of the motion for a directed verdict.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. ManerTexas Supreme Court · 1908
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. OllichCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1930
- Standard Acc. Ins. Co. of Detroit v. BittleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1929
- American Nat. Ins. Co. v. BlysardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918
3Cited by1 opinion
- National Ben Franklin Life Insurance Corp. v. CohenDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985