Legal Opinion
Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. Deem
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1937No. 4185PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
The proper interpretation of an excepting phrase in the incontestable clause of a life insurance policy is the matter for decision in this case. In addition to the promise of the insurer to pay $10,000.00 to the insured’s beneficiary on his death, the policy, issued April 9, 1929, contained provisions for the payment of double indemnity in the event of the death of the insured from accident, and also for the payment of benefits of $100.00 a month to the insured in the case of his total and permanent disability, and for the waiver of subséquent premiums in that event,…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Imperial Fire Insurance v. Coos CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- American Life Insurance v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Matter of Met. Life Ins. Co. v. ConwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Stephenson v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937
- Lelia Grace Fisher v. The United States Life Insurance Company in City of New York, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- Myers v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1938
- Trousdell v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942
- Beck v. DowneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
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