Legal Opinion

Chatham v. Occidental Life Insurance

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1963No. 42828PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRodgers, J.

This case is an appeal from a judgment in favor of appellee, Occidental Life Insurance Company, (hereinafter called Insurance Company) rendered in the Circuit Court of the First District of Hinds County, Mississippi, on motion of the appellee for a directed verdict at the close of the case. The case involves the liability of appellee upon an insurance policy issued on the life of Griffin B. Chatham, which lapsed for failure to pay the premium, and was either canceled by appellee or abandoned by Griffin B. Chatham.

It appears from the record on appeal that the Insurance Company issued a term…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Brooklyn Life Insurance v. BledsoeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  2. Watts v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1924
  3. Missouri State Life Insurance v. HillSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
  4. Ætna Life Ins. v. DoddCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
  5. Callender v. Lamar Life Ins. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1938

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Robinson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
  2. United States Fire Insurance Co. v. CogginsMississippi Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Etheridge v. Union National Life Insurance Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1977

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