Legal Opinion
Rust v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided May 18, 1934No. 38PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Richards, J.,
delivering the opinion of the Court:
It is the contention of the defendant company,(1) . that if the plaintiff could read and had every opportunity to read the questions and answers before he signed the application, and failed or neglected to read them, or to make any objection, if any he had, before signing the application, he cannot deny the truthfulness and correctness of the answer to said thirty questions;(2) that the plaintiff having signed the application, he is estopped from denying the correctness of the answers to any of the questions contained in said application, in…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Insurance Co. v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Northern Assurance Co. v. Grand View Building Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Insurance Company v. MahoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Sternaman v. . Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
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3Cited by4 opinions
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. SchwarzerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. GutowskiSupreme Court of Delaware · 1955
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- Mulrooney v. Life Insurance Co. of the SouthwestSuperior Court of Delaware · 2014