Legal Opinion
New York Life Ins. v. McCurdy
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 10, 1939No. 1836PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
This is an action tq recover on a $5,000 policy of life insurance issued on April 2, 1937, to Robert A. McCurdy, and designating Sarah M. McCurdy as beneficiary. It was commenced in .the District Court of Butler County, Kansas, on March 25, 1938 by Sarah M. -McCurdy as. plaintiff against the New York Life Insurance Company as defendant. In due course it was removed to the United States District Court. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.
The uncontroverted evidence showed that the cancer (carcinoma) from which Robert A. McCurdy died on…
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