Legal Opinion
Polk v. Cumberland Life Insurance
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided March 28, 1969PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHRIVER, P.J.(M.S).
This is an appeal by the defendant, Cumberland Life Insurance Company, from a decree of the Chancery Court, Part I, at Nashville, awarding a recovery to complainant on a policy of life insurance, said recovery being, for the principal sum alleged to be due and the statutory penalty under the provisions of Section 56-1105, T.C.A.
Robert H. Polk, Executor of the estate of Annie Jackson, deceased, brought suit on a Certificate of level term *12life insurance issued on the life of Annie Jackson, payable to Associates Finance Corporation as “Irrevocable Beneficiary-Creditor” and to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Smithart v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1934
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. BurtonTennessee Supreme Court · 1934
- Baugh v. Metropolitan Life Ins.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1938
- Vulcan Life & Accident Insurance Company v. SegarsTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
- American Nat. Ins. Co. v. McPhetridgeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1945
3Cited by2 opinions
- Sisk v. Valley Forge Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1982
- Norris v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1986