Bradley v. New York Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa; Henry T. Reed, Judge. Action by Bertha Z. Bradley against the New York Rife Insurance Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
CARRAND, Circuit Judge.
Action by Bertha Z. Bradley, as plaintiff and beneficiary, to recover upon a policy of life insurance alleged to have been issued by the New York Rife Insurance Company, defendant, on the life of her husband, James M. Bradley. At the trial of the action a verdict was directed for the defendant. Plaintiff has brought the case here for review. The facts are as follows:
On October 16, 1918, James M. Bradley, then a farmer living near the town of Ruthven, in Palo Alto county, Iowa, signed an application for a $5,000 policy of insurance on his life in defendant company. The…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Piedmont, Etc. Life-Ins. Co. v. Ewing, Etc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. McElroyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
- Heiman v. Phœnix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1871
- Nelson v. Nederland Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
- Unterharnscheidt v. Missouri State Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
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