Legal Opinion

Fisher v. Missouri State Life Insurance

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided April 10, 1929PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBuford, J.

This was a suit by an insurance company to cancel and rescind a policy of insurance after the death of the insured. The beneficiary, who was made defendant, demurred to the bill of complaint.

The demurrer should have been sustained upon authority of the opinion in the case of Fla. Life Insurance Co. v. Dillon, 63 Fla. 140, 58 So. R. 643, in which case this Court say:

If we correctly understood the oral argument of the counsel for the plaintiff in error, he relies most strongly upon the defensive matters set up in these pleas. As is readily apparent, they attempt to set up as a defense fraud…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Seaboard Air Line Railway v. RentzSupreme Court of Florida · 1910
  2. Heathcote v. Fairbanks, Morse & Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1910
  3. Hillsborough Grocery Co. v. LemanSupreme Court of Florida · 1911
  4. Hart v. MarburySupreme Court of Florida · 1921
  5. Langston v. National China Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1909

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Metropolitan Life Ins. v. MaddenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
  2. American Bankers Life Assurance Co. v. TothDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
  3. Independent Fire Ins. Co. v. HornDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
  4. Winer v. New York Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1940

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