Legal Opinion

Union Life Ins. v. Burk

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided July 17, 1948No. 3576PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

The Union Life Insurance Company, herein called the Company, has appealed from a judgment holding it liable to the beneficiary for the benefits of ten separate policies of insurance on the life of Donald G. Burk, herein called the insured, in the total sum of $10,000.

On August 14, 1943, the Union Life Insurance Company issued ten separate policies of insurance on the life of Donald G. Burk in the total sum of $10,000, in each instance naming the appellee, Dorothy V. Burk, as beneficiary. The insured was killed while piloting a privately owned plane and while not a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ruhlin v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Warren v. New York Life Ins. Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1936
  3. Smith v. New York Life Ins.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Dearborn v. Niagara Fire InsuranceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Anderson v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1946

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Jackson National Life Insurance v. RececoniNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Farmers Mutual Automobile Insurance v. BechardSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Thompson v. Occidental Life Ins. Co. of Cal.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. United Pac. Ins. Co. v. Northwestern Nat. Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
  5. Cadez v. General Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961

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