Legal Opinion
McBryde v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 25, 1966No. 3891PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYERS, Associate Judge.
This claim involves separate claims of two women, both asserting to be the sole surviving widow of a deceased policyholder and entitled to death benefits under a government life insurance policy underwritten by appellee Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Appellant Clara McBryde’s claim after the death of George W. McBride (McBryde) on June 6, 1965, was rejected by Metropolitan because one Lucretia McBride had also filed claim to the proceeds of the insurance policy. Thereafter appellant filed suit against Metropolitan to recover the death benefits. In its answer…
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