Legal Opinion
Jemison v. Metropolitan Life Ins.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 30, 1943No. 88PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant in an action on a life insurance policy. Appellant, mother of the insured, was the named beneficiary. She offered no direct proof of the death of the insured, but relied upon presumption of death created by Section 14 — 501 of the Code.1
The testimony offered by appellant was to the effect that the insured was horn August 8, 1905 and came to the District of Columbia in 1924 with his mother, his stepfather and his half-sister. They made their home at 1231 Fourth Street, Northwest, where the mother has.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- District of Columbia v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Hitz v. AhlgrenIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Wentworth v. WentworthSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1880
- Lemire v. National Life Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1922
- Jones v. Metropolitan Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Fuller, Therese C. v. Amer Fed Labor/Cong.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
- Jemison v. Metropolitan Life Ins.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
- Lee v. DunbarDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1944
- Sulkie v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975