Legal Opinion
Rhodes v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 1, 1949No. 12420PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, as beneficiary, brought this suit to recover the proceeds of a $20,000 *184policy of insurance issued by the appellee, defendant below, on the life1 of Jacob M. Dampf, appellant’s' former business partner now deceased. Dampf applied for the insurance on June 19, 1947; on September 11, 1947, less than three months later, he died of coronary thrombosis. The company refused payment, claiming that the answers to questions in the- application for the insurance were false, that they were material to the risk, and that had the true facts been revealed the policy would not…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Cunningham v. Penn Mut. Life Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Valesi v. Mutual Life Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Cole v. Mutual Life Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- First Trust Co. of St. Paul v. Kansas City Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1935
- Goff v. Mutual Life Ins.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
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3Cited by26 opinions
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Dehydrating Process Company v. A. O. Smith CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1961
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Lucille L. FugateCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Moosa v. AbdallaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1965
- Ranger, Inc. v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. Of United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1952
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