Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. v. National Bank of Commerce
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 5, 1938No. 4248PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment for the assured on a policy of life insurance in the sum of $25,000 issued by the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company to the plaintiff, the National Bank of Commerce of Charleston, W. Va., upon the life of its president, Hugh E. Bek. The defense was that the policy was delivered conditionally for the purpose of inspection, that there was never any agreement to accept it and consequently no completion of the contract, that the delivery and payment of premium were conditions precedent to the policy’s taking effect, and that these…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Miller v. Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- MacKelvie v. Mutual Ben. Life Ins. Co. of NewwarkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- Hartford Fire Insurance v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Kohen v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'nU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1886
- ætna Life Ins. Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Marjorie E. Souter, Widow v. State Mutual Life Assurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Prato v. Minnesota Mut. Life Ins. Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1977
- Lata v. New England Mut. Life Ins.District Court, S.D. New York · 1946
- New England Mutual Life Insurance v. LaSalle National BankDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988
- Marjorie E. Souter, Widow v. State Mutual Life Assurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
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