Legal Opinion

ÆTNA LIFE INS. CO. v. McADOO

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided September 12, 1939No. 11307PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STONE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by a life insurance company from recovery on a policy on the life of Alonzo D. McAdoo brought by the individual beneficiary in the policy. The appeal is from the Eastern District of Arkansas.

The insured was an employee of the Batesville Grocery Company. On October 7, 1935, defendant delivered “wholesale” policies of life insurance to the employees of the company. McAdoo’s policy recited his wife as beneficiary. The policy provided that it should terminate if the insured ceased to be an employee, but gave the privilege of conversion into a…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Oscanyan v. Arms Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. Best v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  3. Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  4. Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. MeyerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
  5. Illinois Power & Light Corporation v. HurleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Baird v. KoernerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
  2. Dallas County v. Commercial Union Assurance Company, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
  3. Solomon Dehydrating Company, Incorporated v. Clarence R. Guyton, Central Greyhound Lines, Incorporated, and the Greyhound CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
  4. Hays v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1957
  5. Van Wie v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1948

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