West v. Rudd’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
October 1978
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Clements v. Terrell · Pike County Mutual Life Ass'n v. Berry
Most-quoted passages
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“at no point in the policy is Mrs. West named as a beneficiary. In all references to members of the family, this being a family policy, the beneficiaries are designated `the Insured Wife' or the `Insured Child.' It is apparent, therefore, that the intended beneficiary of the policy in question is one who occupies a status, i. e., `wife' rather than a named person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. West v. Rudd
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