Legal Opinion
Reliance Life Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh v. Everglades Discount Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1953No. 14258PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUM, Circuit Judge.
This suit was instituted by appellant, Reliance Life Insurance Company, to rescind a life insurance policy because of alleged material misrepresentations, knowingly made, in the application for the policy. Named as defendants were Everglades Discount Company, beneficiary of the policy, also a bank to whom the policy had been assigned to secure a loan, and the adminis-tratrix of the insured’s estate, the insured having died prior to suit.
Asserting that the application was made in good faith, and without conscious intent to deceive, the beneficiary and the assignee bank…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Enelow v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- American Life Insurance v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Hargrove v. American Cent. Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942
- Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1943
- Madden v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Thermo-Stitch, Inc. v. Chemi-Cord Processing Corp. And Standwear Pleating Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Aetna Insurance Company v. PaddockCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Black v. BoydCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1957
- Mildred S. Curry v. Pyramid Life Insurance Company and Home Savings Association of Kansas CityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
- Greenwood v. GreenwoodCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
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