Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 3, 1934No. 3575PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit to recover upon a policy of life insurance in the amount of $4,500, with disability benefits, issued on May 16, 1930, to Benjamin F. Cooksey, the insured, and made payable to his estate. The insured died of aeute nephritis, or Bright’s disease) on January 20, 1932, and the action was brought by his administrator and removed to the DisT triet Court. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence a verdict was directed for the defendant, and plaintiff has taken this appeal.
The ground upon which the case was taken from the jury was that the policy had lapsed on…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Bergholm v. Peoria Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Permutit Co. v. Graver Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Pfeiffer v. Missouri State Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
- Whiteside v. North American Accident InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Woodmen Accident Ass'n v. PrattNebraska Supreme Court · 1901
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Bell v. Philadelphia Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1935
- Culley v. New York Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
- Hickman v. Pan-American Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1937
- McCoy v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1935
- Mutual Life Ins. v. DrummondCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
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