Legal Opinion
Colonial Life and Accident Insurance Company v. Sarah Ethel Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 18, 1957No. 16290PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
The principal question is whether an insurance company may, and did, permit the Assured to keep the policy in force by the mailing of premium checks never shown to have been actually received. Subsidiary to this main question which raises the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury verdict for the beneficiary are procedural matters relating to the charge to the jury.
George Wilson, owner of a business and apparently regarded as a sufficiently responsible and substantial business man to qualify for the Insurer’s “Executive and Professional Accident Policy,”…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Tayloe v. Merchants' Fire Ins. Co. of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- New York Life Insurance v. StathamSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Kenyon v. Knights Templar & Masonic Mutual Aid Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. v. GaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
- Whitley v. Peidmont & Arlington Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1874
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- United Securities Corporation v. FranklinDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1962
- Reserve Insurance v. DuckettCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1968
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