Legal Opinion
Griffin v. McCoach
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 15, 1941No. 9652PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
For the history of this case, see Griffin v. McCoach, 5 Cir., 116 F.2d 261, Id., 313 U.S. 498, 61 S.Ct. 1023, 85 L.Ed. 1481, 134 A.L.R. 1462.
This appeal is limited to a controversy over a portion of the proceeds of a policy of insurance claimed by assignees having no insurable interest in the life of the insured, a citizen of Texas at the time of his death and for many years prior thereto. We are required to determine the law of Texas as applied to the facts of this particular case.
Even if the assignees are claiming under foreign contracts which are not governed by the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Bank of Augusta v. EarleSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- Griffin v. McCoachSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Cheeves v. Anders, AdministratorTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Union Trust Co. v. GrosmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of NY v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Mayo v. Hartford Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
- Reed v. City of WacoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
- Cole v. BrowningCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1945
- Mayo v. Hartford Life InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 2002
- Gaines v. PoindexterDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1957
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