Legal Opinion

Hunter v. Federal Life Ins.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 19, 1939No. 11349PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

The Federal Life Insurance Company, of Chicago, Illinois, filed this suit in inter-pleader in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas, alleging that LaFayette McClintock Hunter, one of its insured under a $5,000 life policy, had died on September 3, 1935, and that his wife, Hazel Marie Hunter, as the named beneficiary, claimed the proceeds of the policy, and that, upon the other hand, Henry E. Osterloh, Trustee, and the three minor children of the insured, claimed to be entitled to the proceeds. The alleged claimants, all citizens of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Collins v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  2. Hohorst v. Hamburg-American Packet Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. Arnold v. United States Ex Rel. W. B. Guimarin & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
  4. Oneida Navigation Corp. v. W. & S. Job & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
  5. Thompson v. MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Hunter v. Federal Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
  2. District of Columbia v. DavisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
  3. Republic of China v. American Express Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
  4. Pan American Fire & Casualty Company v. RevereDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1960
  5. City of Louisa v. LeviCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944

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