Legal Opinion
San Francisco Lathing Co. v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 27, 1956No. Civ. 16750PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDooling, J.
Plaintiff, San Francisco Lathing Company, Inc., sued as beneficiary to recover on a $50,000 policy of insurance issued by defendant The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company on the life of Charlie F. Towne, deceased. The company defended on the ground that deceased had misrepresented and concealed material facts in his application for a policy. Plaintiff appeals from the judgment ordering that the insurance contract be cancelled and rescinded and that plaintiff recover only the sum of $841.73 representing premiums paid. -
In August of 1952 deceased applied to respondent for a policy of life…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Ransom v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Iverson v. Metropolitan Life Etc. Co.California Supreme Court · 1907
- Maggini v. West Coast Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934
- California-Western States Life Insurance v. FeinstenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
- Robinson v. Occidental Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1955
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Modisette v. Foundation Reserve Insurance Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- Cohen v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957
- West Coast Life Insurance v. WardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2005
- Rutherford v. Prudential InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965
- Burns v. Prudential InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
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