Legal Opinion
Hayes v. Home Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 8, 1948No. 9585PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.
Appellant is the beneficiary named in certain policies of insurance issued by the appellee. The appellee having declined to pay the total face amount of the policies, appellant brought a civil action in the District Court to recover that amount. That court granted the company’s motion for summary judgment.
The controversy concerns the following provisions of the policies:
“War, Aviation and Travel Provisions. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, this policy is issued subject to the condition that the amount of insurance hereunder shall be limited to the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Burnet v. WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Coit v. Jefferson Standard Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
- Boatwright v. American Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1920
- Jorgenson v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1947
- Life Casualty Insurance Co. v. McLeodCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Cameron v. USAA Property & Casualty InsuranceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2001
- Phœnix Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn. v. FlynnCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
- Raley v. Life & Casualty Insurance Co. of TennesseeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1955
- Richardson v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
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