Legal Opinion

Union Trust Co. of Maryland v. Kansas City Life Insurance

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided March 26, 1962No. 8490PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

The District Court entered a judgment N.O.V. for the insurance company because of false answers in the applications for the life insurance policy it had issued. On this appeal, the only substantial contention is that the evidence presented a jury question. We agree with the District Court that it did not.

The facts are fully and clearly stated in the comprehensive opinion of the District Court.1 We need refer to them here in less detail.

In July 1957, Dr. Raymond Kent Tongue, Jr., an orthodontist of Baltimore, Maryland, then thirty-eight years old, was advised by his…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Mutual Life Insurance v. MullanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1908
  2. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. SamisCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1937
  3. Commercial Casualty Insurance v. SchmidtCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1934
  4. Bankers' Life Insurance v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1904
  5. Loving v. Mutual Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1922

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Old Republic Insurance Company v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1969
  2. E. L. Cord, Individually and Doing Business as Los Angeles Broadcasting Company, and v. Calvin J. Smith, AndCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
  3. E. L. Cord, Individually and Doing Business as Los Angeles Broadcasting Company, and v. Calvin J. Smith, AndCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
  4. Old Republic Insurance Company v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1969
  5. Union Trust Company Of Maryland v. Kansas City Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962

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