Legal Opinion
New York Life Ins. Co. v. Gist
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 13, 1933No. 6879PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by the appellant to cancel a life insurance policy for $10,000 with double indemnity in case of death by aeeident, issued by the appellant insurance company upon the life of Cecil W. Gist, in favor of his brothers, Brooks D. Gist and Herrold Gist, beneficiaries. Tho ground upon which tho insurance company seeks to cancel the policy is that between the date of the application for the insurance and the delivery of the policy the insured consulted a physician, and that, when the policies were delivered to the insured, the company was ignorant of that…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Union Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Wharton v. ætna Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
- Bowen v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMichigan Supreme Court · 1913
- Schwartz v. Northern Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1928
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Mofrad v. New York Life Ins. CoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
- Combs v. Equitable Life Ins. Co. of IowaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
- Laflin v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1934
- Addison v. Aetna Life Insurance CompanyWyoming Supreme Court · 1961
- Parrish v. Acacia Mut. Life Ins.District Court, S.D. California · 1949
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