Legal Opinion
Lee v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United States
District Court, E.D. Missouri
Decided August 7, 1944No. Civil Action No. 1532PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNCAN, District Judge.
The essential facts in this case are not in dispute. The amount involved is in excess of $3000. There is a diversity of citizenship. A jury was waived and the case submitted to the court. Exhaustive briefs have been filed by both sides.
On September 23, 1925, defendant issued its policy of insurance upon the life of Thomas J. Lee in the sum of $5000, payable to Mary E. Lee and Catherine E. Lee in equal shares, or the survivor, as beneficiaries. Thomas J. Lee died on the 8th day of September, 1935, and Catherine E. Lee, one of the beneficiaries, died on September 20,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Williams v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Board of Assessors of the Parish v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Hochmark v. RichlerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1891
- Union Central Life Ins. v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. Cornelius W. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- United States v. SullivanDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1962
- Smith v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (In re Watts)District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1981
- United States v. Cornelius W. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964