Legal Opinion
Continental Casualty Company v. Mrs. Gladys Leith Holmes
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 28, 1959No. 17409_1PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
Appellee, Mrs. Gladys Leith Holmes, as beneficiary, sued the appellant, Continental Casualty Company, for the proceeds of a purported accident and health insurance policy insuring her deceased husband, Oliver Wendell Holmes, while flying as a pilot. She claimed that coverage was in force as a result of an oral binder or oral contract of insurance effected by the Company’s agent, W. T. Musgrove, on January 3, 1957, and again on February 20, 1957. Her suit was primarily based on the proposition that W. T. Musgrove, a partner with W. R. Cadenhead in the firm of Musgrove…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Myers v. Reading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Mrs. Fern W. Reuter v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Lancaster v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local Union No. 223, Afl-Cio v. Atlas Sheet Metal Company of JacksonvilleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania v. A. L. Myrick, D/B/A Market Produce CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Revlon, Inc. v. Mrs. R. H. BuchananCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Robert Benjamin Pardo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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