Legal Opinion
Howes v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 15, 1934No. 7410PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAWTELLE, Circuit Judge.
Some years prior to this controversy, defendant-appellee issued a policy of accident insurance on the life of one Alice Howes, now deceased. The said deceased was found dead on the morning of October 20, 1932, in the bathroom of her homo, with her body lying over the side of the bathtub; “the lower part of her body being outside of the tub and her hands and a portion of her arms and her face in the water in the tub, which was about half filled with water.” The body of the insured was interred on October 22. On October 25 the company was notified of the death. On…
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- Clay v. ætna Life Ins. Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1931
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1932
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- Order of United Commercial Travelers v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
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