Legal Opinion
Leeta A. Lloyd v. The Franklin Life Insurance Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 25, 1957No. 15142_1PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.
The beneficiary of a life insurance policy on the life of Warren William Lloyd, which contains in two different places the declaration, “First Policy Year Begins: January 1, 1953,” brought action against The Franklin Insurance Company for the proceeds, after the death of Lloyd by suicide on December 21, 1954. The defense was that the effective date of issue of the policy was fixed, in accordance with a special request of Lloyd, at January 1, 1953, and that the policy issued contained a clause that, if “within two years from date of issue the Insured * * * shall…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Coit v. Jefferson Standard Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
- Home Indemnity Co. of New York v. Standard Acc. Ins. Co. of DetroitCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1948
- Horwitz v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1935
- Guidici v. Pacific Automobile InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1947
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Steeves v. IrwinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
- Franklin Life Insurance Company v. Mary E. Bieniek and Sewickley Savings & Loan AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- Smith v. New England Mutual Life InsuranceHawaii Supreme Court · 1992
- Gertrude L. Brawner v. Pearl Assurance Company, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- Stevens v. State Mineral BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
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