Reid v. Durboraw

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• courts have “no power” to change the beneficiary in a valid insurance contract unless the insured “has done all that he could to comply with the conditions, and has been prevented by circumstances beyond his control from meeting the requirements”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Bradley v. United States
  Tenth Circuit· 1944-05-30· cited 80×
• Gann v. Meek
  Fifth Circuit· 1948-01-27· cited 32×
• John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Kegan
  D. Maryland· 1938-02-16· cited 17×
• Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. Moore
  Seventh Circuit· 1944-11-13· cited 17×
• United Services Life Insurance v. Moss
  W.D. Virginia· 1969-07-03· cited 12×
• Vellines v. Ely
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-01-13· cited 9×
• Chichiarelli v. United States
  D. Colorado· 1928-05-17· cited 9×
• Carter v. Thornton
  Eighth Circuit· 1938-01-10· cited 9×
• Goodrich v. Equitable Life Assurance Society
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1924-02-13· cited 9×
• Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co. v. Dotson
  S.D. West Virginia· 1950-10-06· cited 8×
• Phoenix Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Cummings
  W.D. Missouri· 1946-08-05· cited 8×
• Hall v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
  New York Supreme Court· 1928-05-23· cited 8×
• New York Life Insurance Company v. Lawson
  D. Delaware· 1955-09-02· cited 7×
• SHENANDOAH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Harvey
  D. Maryland· 1965-06-22· cited 6×
• Irons v. Smith
  Fourth Circuit· 1933-01-10· cited 6×
• Levy v. New York Life Insurance
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1933-06-20· cited 5×
• Baley v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
  New York Supreme Court· 1933-02-23· cited 5×
• In re Whiting
  W.D. North Carolina· 1925-01-01· cited 5×
• Ernst v. North American Co. for Life & Health Insurance
  M.D. North Carolina· 2017-03-28· cited 5×
• Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of the United States v. Brown
  S.D. West Virginia· 1940-03-14· cited 5×

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Cohen v. Samuels
  Supreme Court· 1917-11-05· cited 117×