Legal Opinion
Marcella M. Gettins v. United States Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 15, 1955No. 12239PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by appellants as beneficiaries under an alleged contract of insurance upon the life of Frederick T. Gettins, Jr. In an extensive oral opinion the district judge concluded that no valid insurance contract was in effect at the time of Gettins’ death and accordingly directed a verdict for the ap-pellee insurance company.
The facts are substantially undisputed. On May 19, 1953, appellee’s agent came to Gettins’ office for the purpose of trying to sell him a policy of life insurance. The visit was a successful one from the agent’s point of view,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Leube v. Prudential Ins. Co. of AmericaOhio Supreme Court · 1947
- Duncan v. John Hancock Mutual Life Ins.Ohio Supreme Court · 1940
- John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. v. LuzioOhio Supreme Court · 1931
- Mofrad v. New York Life Ins. CoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Dorothy Jane Simpson v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. A.C. Strip and Strip, Fargo, Schulman and Hoppers Company, Lpa, Cross v. Home Insurance Company, Third Party Pacific Employers Insurance Co., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- United States v. StripCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
- Clements v. Ohio State Life InsuranceOhio Court of Appeals · 1986
- Neal Ayers v. Bernard Kidney and American Employers' Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964
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