Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Armstrong
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1936No. 10601PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action by appellee against appellant to recover on the double indemnity provisions of two life insurance policies in which appellant was the insurer, Charles D. Armstrong the insured, and appellee the beneficiary. The parties will be referred to as they appeared below.
The double indemnity provisions obligated defendant to pay double the amount of insurance if it received due proof of the death of the insured as the result of bodily injury, effected solely through external, violent, and accidental means, within sixty days after the injury, independently and…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Belk v. MeagherSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Del Vecchio v. BowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Denver & R. G. R. v. RodderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1900
- Hartzell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- Helvering v. WattsSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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- Alman Brothers Farms & Feed Mill, Inc. v. Diamond Laboratories, Inc., and Southwestern Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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