Legal Opinion
Pendleton v. Pan American Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 18, 1932No. 5782PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MOORMAN, Circuit Judge.
On July 28, 1919, the appellee issued a policy of insurance for $5,000 upon the life of Edgar Wallace Pendleton, the appellant’s intestate. Pendleton paid the first four annual premiums on their due dates, but when the fifth premium became due he was unable to pay it and executed his note therefor to the company. The sixth premium, due July 28, 1924, was not paid, and the policy lapsed. Pendleton died June 23, 1926, and his administratrix, the appellant, claiming that the policy was in effect at the time of his death, brought this suit to recover the full face value…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Carpenter v. Providence Washington InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- Grigsby v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Gordon v. Ware Nat. BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
- Russell v. GrigsbyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1909
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. RaganCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1919
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Metropolitan Life Ins. v. BukatyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1937