Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. Lovejoy

Decided December 20, 1917. J. J. Mayfield wrote the opinion for the court.

78 So. 299 · Cited 74 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Ritter v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY · 169 U.S. 139
• Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. McCue · 223 U.S. 234
• Burt v. Union Central Life Insurance · 187 U.S. 362
• Empire Life Insurance v. Gee · 171 Ala. 435
• Mutual Life Insurance v. Allen · 174 Ala. 511
• Satterfield v. Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance · 171 Ala. 429
• Mutual Life Insurance v. Allen · 166 Ala. 159
• Goodwin v. Provident Savings Life Assurance Ass'n · 97 Iowa 226

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• Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. Co. v. Murphy · 146 So. 387
• Cherokee Life Ins, Co. v. Brannum · 82 So. 175
• Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. Lovejoy · 83 So. 591
• Modern Woodmen of America v. Kehoe · 25 So. 2d 463
• State Life Ins. Co. v. Finney · 114 So. 132
• American Life Ins. Co. of Alabama · 158 So. 307
• Woodmen of the World v. Alford · 89 So. 528
• Prudential Casualty Co. v. Kerr · 80 So. 97
• Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. v. Adams · 86 So. 737
• Watts v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. · 100 So. 812
• Life Insurance Company of Georgia v. Miller · 296 So. 2d 900
• New York Life Insurance v. Buchberg · 228 N.W. 770
• Independent Life Ins. Co. v. Carroll · 130 So. 402
• Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias v. Overton · 82 So. 443
• Moore v. Bankers' Credit Life Ins. Co. · 136 So. 798
• Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Hayes · 80 So. 834
• Commonwealth Life Ins. Co. v. George · 28 So. 2d 910
• Protective Life Ins. Co. v. Linson · 17 So. 2d 761
• United Order of the Golden Cross v. Overton · 83 So. 59
• McClendon v. Eubanks · 30 So. 2d 261
• Standard Life Insurance v. Robbs · 6 S.W.2d 520
• General Insurance Company of America v. Killen · 120 So. 2d 887
• Employers Insurance Company of Alabama v. Crook · 160 So. 2d 463
• Royal Neighbors of America v. Fortenberry · 107 So. 846
• North River Insurance Company v. Jackson · 179 So. 2d 731

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