Legal Opinion
De Roy v. New York Life Ins.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 12, 1931No. 6223PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McVICAR, District Judge.
Abe I. De Roy, June 18,1929, made application for two life insurance policies from defendant, in the sum of $10,000 each. Policies were delivered to him in pursuance of his applications. He paid the premium thereon and died September 23, 1929. Due proofs of death were made by the plaintiff, the beneficiary named in each of the policies, who was his wife. Defendant refused payment; hence this action was brought. The defense is that the policies were procured by certain false and fraudulent representations and that the policies did not go into effect by reason of a…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hilton-GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- New York Life Insurance v. FletcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Barrett v. Virginian Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. McCarthyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1927
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- Combs v. Equitable Life Ins.District Court, W.D. Virginia · 1940
- De Roy v. New York Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1932