Legal Opinion
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Wanda A. Welsh
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 27, 1959No. 17379_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Circuit Judge.
The question of law presented to the court below and to us is whether an amendment to a group life insurance policy increasing the coverage from $5,000 to $10,000 became effective on June 1, 1957, as stated in the first line of the amendment; or on April 26, 1957 when the employer of John W. Welsh, III, hereinafter called insured, elected to be covered by the plan which, on Sept. 6, 1957, was executed as an amendment to the group policy. Appellee Wanda A. Welsh, beneficiary of the insured, claimed that the increased insurance was applicable as of April 26th and…
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