Legal Opinion
Viles v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 29, 1941No. 2331PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
On June 10, 1927, the Prudential Insurance Company of America 1 issued its policy of life insurance for $10,000 on the life of Edmond L. Viles 2 in which Frances N. Viles 3 was named as beneficiary. The policy reserved in the insured the unqualified right to change the beneficiary.
The insured and beneficiary brought this action against the Insurance Company in the District Court in and for the City and County of Denver to recover damages for alleged repudiation of the policy. The Insurance Company duly removed the cause to the District Court of the United States for…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Matthews v. RodgersSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Duignan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Twist v. Prairie Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- American Trust Co. v. Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1917
- Cannon v. NicholasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935
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3Cited by17 opinions
- The Petromanagement Corporation, a Nevada Corporation v. Acme-Thomas Joint Venture and J.L. Thomas Engineering, Inc., an Oklahoma CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- Mid-Continent Casualty Company v. Maxine G. EverettCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- American Range Lines, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Louis Cook Plumbing and Heating, Inc. v. Frank Briscoe Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Shay v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1946
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