Legal Opinion

Clarke v. Order of United Commercial Travelers

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 3, 1938No. 8651PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

When appellant was here before, complaining of a verdict which had been in-, structed against her, at the conclusion of her evidence, we sustained her complaint, and held that under Georgia law a nonsuit, •rather than a verdict against her, should have been ordered.1

Her then suit was a suit at law, on pleadings which in addition to declaring on her deceased husband’s certificate of membership in defendant’s society, anticipated defendant’s reliance on, and attacked for fraud in law, a release she had signed. We held then that her proof had not sustained her…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hall v. General Accident Assurance Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1915
  2. Davis v. Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
  3. Fraternal Life & Accident Ass'n v. EvansSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
  4. Clarke v. Order of United Commercial TravelersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
  5. Clark v. Order of United Commercial TravelersCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. New York Life Ins. v. HatcherCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
  2. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. LoebCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939

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