Legal Opinion
Sovereign Camp W. O. W. v. Gunn
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 26, 1933No. 7 Div. 195PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
The action is on a policy of life insurance issued to Willie C. Gunn, payable to his wife, Mary M. Gunn.
The controlling issue of fact on the trial was whether the insured was murdered by the beneficiary. Admittedly, if such was the fact, no action lies on the policy, either by the beneficiary, or by the daughter, who brings this suit, as assignee of the policy under written assignment made after the death of the insured.
Defendant introduced in evidence the record of the conviction of Mary M. Gunn for the murder of her husband, Willie C. Gunn, .in the circuit court of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Eagle, Star & British Dominions Insurance v. HellerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1927
- Schindler v. Royal Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. Co. v. MurphySupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Jay v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916
- Sovereign Camp W. O. W. v. GunnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Travelers Insurance Company v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2008
- Weaver v. HollisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
- Connecticut Fire Insurance Company and Hawkeye-Security Insurance Company v. Anthony FerraraCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
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