Legal Opinion
Barnett v. Aetna Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 9, 1943No. Nos. 8252-8254PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, Circuit Judge.
These three suits present the same questions of law and fact and were consolidated for trial. They are based on insurance policies on the life° of one Robert J. Barnett. Plaintiffs did not prove the actual death of the assured but rested their cause of action on the New Jersey Presumption of Death Statute (N.J.R.S. 3:42-1, N.J.S.A.), which reads: “If a resident or nonresident of this state remains beyond the sea, absents himself from this state or from the place of his last known residence, or conceals himself in this state or in the place of his last known…
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- Crowell v. PadolskySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1923
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3Cited by5 opinions
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