Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Shalloway
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 22, 1945No. 11236PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
In a suit by Jennie Shalloway upon a policy of life insurance taken out by her husband David Shalloway a verdict was directed in her favor for $7500 (less a loan against the policy) because of a clause in the policy that it should be incontestable after two years, and the insurer, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, appeals.
The Company contends that the insured was over sixty years old at his death and that only $5,000 was payable, and that this was subject to be reduced to $4680 because of a misstatement of his age by the insured in his application for the policy.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Travelers Insurance v. SheppardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Matter of Met. Life Ins. Co. v. ConwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Apter v. Home Life Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Sanders v. Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by11 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. HollenderCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
- Cardinal v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
- Massachusetts Casualty Insurance Company, a Massachusetts Corporation v. Kenneth B. FormanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Robert J. Keaten v. The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, a Massachusetts CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Washington National Insurance Company v. J. D. BurchCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
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