Legal Opinion
Cauthen v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided February 2, 1939No. 14813PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fisi-iburne.
The respondent sued to recover the sum of $2,000.00 and Interest, alleged to be due her as beneficiary under an insurance policy issued February 23, 1927, by the appellant on the life of her husband, Minor C. Cauthen, who died April 26, 1936. The policy was written for $2,500.00, but the complaint alleged and the proof established that the insured had borrowed $500.00 on the policy during his life, .and had not repaid the same.
The appellant admitted the issuance of the policy sued on, but defended on the ground that the policy…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Hilton-GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Rogers v. Atlantic Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
- Huestess v. South Atlantic Life Ins.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
- American Fire Insurance v. King Lumber & Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Gandy v. Orient InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1898
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Mrs. Lena H. Cooper, in the Matter of Mrs. Lena H. Cooper v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and Jesse C. CooperCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
- Allstate Insurance v. SmoakSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1971
- Farm Bureau Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. BoboCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
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