Legal Opinion

Policyholder's Nat. Life Ins. v. Harding

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 8, 1945No. 12975PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal in a suit upon a life insurance policy. The case was tried to the court without' a jury, and judgment was entered for the plaintiff beneficiary. The court made findings of fact and conclusions of law and filed an opinion. Harding v. Policyholder’s Nat. Life Ins. Co., 56 F.Supp. 854. Two questions are presented on the appeal of the defendant company. They are:

1. Does the evidence support the finding that the insured died on December 16, 1937?

2. Does the incontestability provision of the policy bar the defense of fraud based upon false answers to…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. TalgeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
  3. New York Life Ins. Co. v. KaufmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1935
  4. Gasifier Mfg. Co. v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
  5. Garden City Feeder Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Rev.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1935

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Marion Francis Fountain and Roosevelt Tremble v. United States of America, Eugene J. Marshall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  2. Morris v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
  3. Associated Plastics Companies, Inc. v. Gits Molding CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
  4. Railway Mail Ass'n v. ChamberlinCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
  5. Texas Life Ins. Co. v. JordanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952

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