Legal Opinion
Atlas Life Ins. Co. v. Spitler
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided December 22, 1936No. 26270PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal seeks the construction of an automatic term extension provision in a contract of life insurance. The action was originally instituted in the district court of Creek county by Viola Spitler as plaintiff against the Atlas Life Insurance Company, a corporation, as defendant. In this opinion we will refer to the parties in the same order as they appeared in the trial court.
The facts are not in dispute. Trial was had to the court without the intervention of a jury, upon stipulation of the parties, documentary evidence and the testimony of certain witnesses relative to the meaning and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. DutcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Aschenbrenner v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Taylor v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- Brown v. Connecticut Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford, ConnSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- James v. ColemanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Suggs v. Mutual Ben. Health & Accident Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. MorganSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
- Pacific National Fire Insurance v. Smith Bros. Drilling Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1945
- Connecticut Fire Ins. v. HorneSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1949
- New York Life Ins. v. Federal Nat. Bank of ShawneeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
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