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Moses v. Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Mar 10, 1969
407 F.2d 1142 (4th Cir. 1969)

Opinion

No. 12977.

Argued March 6, 1969.

Decided March 10, 1969.

Philip Wittenberg, Sumter, S.C., (Wendell M. Levi, Sumter, S.C., on the brief) for appellants.

Marion Moise, Sumter, S.C., (Lee Moise, Sumter, S.C., on the brief) for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, BRYAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


The executors of Mrs. Miriam B. Moses, deceased, appeal from the entry of a judgment n.o.v. for defendant and certain evidentiary rulings made during trial in their suit against the insurance company, in which they sought damages for what by hindsight turned out to be an unwise and unprofitable election on her part to receive the proceeds of a retirement pension insurance policy as a straight annuity without any guarantee of minimum payment. Mrs. Moses died in June, 1966, approximately six months after having made the election.

We affirm the entry of judgment n.o.v. for defendant on the basis of the decision of the district judge. Moses et al. v. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, 298 F. Supp. 321 (D.S.C. 1968). Our examination of the transcript of trial and pertinent authorities satisfies us that there was no error in the evidentiary rulings.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Moses v. Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Mar 10, 1969
407 F.2d 1142 (4th Cir. 1969)
Case details for

Moses v. Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

Case Details

Full title:Robert A. MOSES and Richard P. Moses, Executors of the Estate of Mrs…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Mar 10, 1969

Citations

407 F.2d 1142 (4th Cir. 1969)

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