Legal Opinion

Allbright v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided May 22, 1934No. 7 Div. 58PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICE, Judge.

The action is to recover the death benefit under a policy of life insurance. Pertinent provisions of the policy, are:

“Metropolitan Life Insurance Company * * * doth * * * agree * * * to pay * * * to the executor or administrator of the insured, unless payment be made under the provisions of the next succeeding paragraph.”
“The company may make any payment * * * to the insured, husband or wife etc.” (Italics ours.)
“This policy constitutes the entire agreement between the Company and the insured and the holder and owner hereof. Its terms cannot be changed, or its conditions varied,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Life Ins. Co. of Virginia v. NewellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
  2. Williard v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Jordan's Mut. Aid Ass'n v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  2. Kelly v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  3. Allbright v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1934

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