Legal Opinion
Peake v. Lincoln Nat. Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 22, 1926No. 7330PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Circuit Judge.
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, an Indiana corporation, appellee here, brought this suit in the court below on October 23, 1924, against Annie K. Peake and Benefit Building & Loan Association, a Missouri corporation. The bill alleges that on July 5, 1923, George L. Peake made an application in writing to plaintiff for a $7,000 policy of life insurance in favor of his wife as beneficiary; that the applicant made certain false and untrue statements in his application in answer to questions therein contained, and thus concealed from plaintiff his excessive use…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Sheldon v. SillSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- New York Mutual Life Insurance v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Insurance Co. v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Liberty Oil Co. v. Condon National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Jefferson Standard Life Ins. v. McIntyreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1923
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. WestoverSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Brown v. Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1933
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. SeymourCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1930
- Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co. of California v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1934
- Mildred S. Curry v. Pyramid Life Insurance Company and Home Savings Association of Kansas CityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
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