Legal Opinion
Mohrstadt v. Mutual Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1902No. 1,594PublishedCited by 28 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri.
1Opinion of the Court
THAYER, Circuit Judge.
The facts on which the decision of this case hinges are these:
On December 16, 1897, Simon Lederer, a local agent of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, the defendant in error, whose office was at Poplar Bluff, Mo., solicited Thomas A. Thompson to take out a policy of life insurance in his company, with such effect that on that day the deceased, at Dexter, Mo., signed an application for a policy. The application which was so signed described the kind of policy that was applied for, and the amount thereof, as follows:
“I hereby apply for insurance on my life on…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. Young's AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Commercial Union Assurance Co. v. State ex rel. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
- Travis v. Nederland Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
3Cited by28 opinions
- Stonsz v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Leube v. Prudential Ins. Co. of AmericaOhio Supreme Court · 1947
- Colorado Life Co. v. TeagueCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Rushing v. Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
- Cooksey v. Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
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