Odom v. New York Life Insurance Company, No. 894

CourtUnited States Supreme Court
Citation58 S.Ct. 948,304 U.S. 566,82 L.Ed. 1532
Docket NumberNo. 894
PartiesSherman E. ODOM and Bertha O. Stephens, petitioners, v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Decision Date02 May 1938

304 U.S. 566
58 S.Ct. 948
82 L.Ed. 1532
Sherman E. ODOM and Bertha O. Stephens, petitioners,

v.

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

No. 894.

Supreme Court of the United States

May 2, 1938

Mr. John R. L. Smith, of Macon, Ga., for petitioners.

For opinion below, see 93 F.2d 641.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

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  • State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. West, Civ. No. 8314.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 4th Circuit. United States District Court (Maryland)
    • February 21, 1957
    ...94 L.Ed. 1343). Directly on point is New York Life Insurance Co. v. Odom, 5 Cir., 1937, 93 F.2d 641, at page 644, certiorari denied 1938, 304 U.S. 566, 58 S.Ct. 948, 82 L.Ed. 1532, in which the court "Since the insured furnished false evidence which was relied upon by the insurance company,......
  • Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, No. 90
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
    • May 21, 1957
    ...Jacob, Inc., 2 Cir., 1938, 94 F.2d 170, certiorari denied, 1938, 303 U.S. 660, 58 S.Ct. 764, 82 L.Ed. 1119; rehearing denied 304 U.S. 588, 58 S.Ct. 948, 82 L.Ed. It seems abundantly clear that Kermarec was a mere licensee. He came upon the ship for his own pleasure and convenience and while......
  • Henry v. George Hyman Const. Co., 83-2099
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia)
    • December 7, 1984
    ...a new cause of action arises."); International Mercantile Marine Co. v. Lowe, 93 F.2d 663, 664 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 304 U.S. 565, 58 S.Ct. 948, 82 L.Ed. 1532 (1938) ("But the disability benefits fixed by section 8 of the act and the right of the widow to death benefits under section 9 a......
  • Puig v. Standard Dredging Corp., No. 78-1147
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — First Circuit
    • May 31, 1979
    ...causal relationship, and dependency." International Mercantile Marine Co. v. Lowe, 93 F.2d 663, 665 (2d Cir.), Cert. denied, 304 U.S. 565, 58 S.Ct. 948, 82 L.Ed. 1532 (1938). See also Hitt v. Cardillo, 76 U.S.App.D.C. 334, 131 F.2d 233 (1942), Cert. denied, 318 U.S. 770, 63 S.Ct. 760, 87 L.......
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  • State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. West, Civ. No. 8314.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 4th Circuit. United States District Court (Maryland)
    • February 21, 1957
    ...94 L.Ed. 1343). Directly on point is New York Life Insurance Co. v. Odom, 5 Cir., 1937, 93 F.2d 641, at page 644, certiorari denied 1938, 304 U.S. 566, 58 S.Ct. 948, 82 L.Ed. 1532, in which the court "Since the insured furnished false evidence which was relied upon by the insurance company,......
  • Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, No. 90
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
    • May 21, 1957
    ...Jacob, Inc., 2 Cir., 1938, 94 F.2d 170, certiorari denied, 1938, 303 U.S. 660, 58 S.Ct. 764, 82 L.Ed. 1119; rehearing denied 304 U.S. 588, 58 S.Ct. 948, 82 L.Ed. It seems abundantly clear that Kermarec was a mere licensee. He came upon the ship for his own pleasure and convenience and while......
  • Henry v. George Hyman Const. Co., 83-2099
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia)
    • December 7, 1984
    ...a new cause of action arises."); International Mercantile Marine Co. v. Lowe, 93 F.2d 663, 664 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 304 U.S. 565, 58 S.Ct. 948, 82 L.Ed. 1532 (1938) ("But the disability benefits fixed by section 8 of the act and the right of the widow to death benefits under section 9 a......
  • Puig v. Standard Dredging Corp., No. 78-1147
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — First Circuit
    • May 31, 1979
    ...causal relationship, and dependency." International Mercantile Marine Co. v. Lowe, 93 F.2d 663, 665 (2d Cir.), Cert. denied, 304 U.S. 565, 58 S.Ct. 948, 82 L.Ed. 1532 (1938). See also Hitt v. Cardillo, 76 U.S.App.D.C. 334, 131 F.2d 233 (1942), Cert. denied, 318 U.S. 770, 63 S.Ct. 760, 87 L.......
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