Legal Opinion
Spiro State Bank v. BANKERS'NAT. LIFE INS. CO.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 8, 1934No. 9683PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
John McCann, of Le Flore county, Okl., on April 23, 1932, committed suicide. He had three policies of life insurance issued by the Bankers’ National Life Insurance Company, each for the sum of $10,000, and each payable to his minor sons. The policies, which were five-year term policies automatically convertible into ordinary life after five years, had been written in November and December, 1928. They had been applied for and delivered in the state of Arkansas, and were therefore Arkansas contracts. The insured reserved the right to change the .beneficiaries. Two of the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Scudder v. Union National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Central Bank of Washington v. HumeSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- London Assurance v. Companhia De Moagens Do BarreiroSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Supreme Council of Royal Arcanum v. BehrendSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Gwinn v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Thurston v. HobbyDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1955
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- American Casualty Co. of Reading, Pa. v. WindhamDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1939
- Penn Mut. Life Ins. v. MillerDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1940
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