Legal Opinion
Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. Moyle
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1940No. 4709PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing the complaint in an action to obtain a declaratory judgment under 28 U.S.C.A. § 400. The ground of dismissal was that the action, in which the jurisdiction of the court was invoked on the ground of diversity of citizenship, did not involve the jurisdictional amount.
The plaintiff in the court below was an insurance company which had issued policies of life and disability insurance to the defendant Samuel B. Moyle, payable in the event of death to his wife, the defendant Mattie S. Moyle. The death benefits provided by the policies…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Elgin v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- New England Mortgage Security Co. v. GaySupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by52 opinions
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- Joseph H. Beaman v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
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