Legal Opinion
Simpson v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 24, 1962No. [No. 103, September Term, 1961.]PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bruñe, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The plaintiff-appellant, Mrs. Simpson, brought this suit against the defendant-appellee insurance company, Prudential, claiming as the beneficiary of a policy of insurance on the life of her husband, which, she avers, the defendant had contracted to issue. The husband was killed in a motor vehicle accident while his application was pending. The principal question presented is the construction of the husband’s application for insurance and of a “conditional receipt” issued by the insurance company upon payment of the first annual premium. At the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Gaunt v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Ransom v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Starr v. Mutual Life InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1905
- Stonsz v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Maddox v. Life & Casualty InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Collister v. Nationwide Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Allen v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965
- Mitchell v. AARP Life Insurance ProgramCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2001
- Elinor M. Ratay v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- Old Southern Life Insurance Co. v. McConnellCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1974
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