Legal Opinion
Mandles v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 19, 1940No. 2128, 2129PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAH, Circuit Judge.
The two cases involve the same subject matter and have been consolidated for trial and review.
The trial court sustained a motion to dismiss the complaint. The allegations of the complaint, well pleaded, are admitted thereby and constitute the facts on review. The complaint alleges that the appellant is the beneficiary under a policy of life insurance written on the life of Bessie M. Rude, by the appellee in the sum of $10,000.
The policy provided for double indemnity in the event of death while' the policy was in force, if “such death resulted directly and independently…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Lewis v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Accident Insurance v. CrandalSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- National Masonic Acc. Ass'n of Des Moines v. ShryockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1896
- Bohaker v. Travelers InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Aetna Life Insurance v. BethelCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Allstate Insurance Co. v. StarkeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
- Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. CarlsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942
- Mitchell Bourazak v. The North River Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
- Reliance Insurance Company v. Dean Jones, Waynoka Cooperative Elevator Association and Farmers Elevator Mutual Insurance Company, Dean Jones, Cross-Appellant v. Farmers Elevator Mutual Insurance Company and Waynoka Cooperative Elevator Association, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
- New York Life Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Mary Ann AtkinsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
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