Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided January 24, 1934PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStacy, C. J.
As was said in the companion case of Mitchell v. Assurance Society, ante, 721, while the evidence on the issue of plaintiff’s total disability within the meaning of the policy from 1 January, 1931, to 15 May, 1932, and the submission or waiver of due proof thereof, is somewhat equivocal, nevertheless it is sufficient to carry the case to the jury so far as these questions are concerned. Misskelley v. Ins. Co., ante, 496, 171 S. E., 862.
But the provisions of the present policy, upon which plaintiff seeks to recover, are different from those appearing in the companion suit, just decided. Here,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- National Bank v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Guarantee Co. of North America v. Mechanics' Savings Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. BlueSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. MiltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
- Ginell v. . the Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
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3Cited by8 opinions
- New England Mutual Life Insurance v. HurstCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1938
- Underwood v. . Ins. Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
- DeVore v. Mutual Life InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 1937
- Finkelstein v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
- Triplett v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1936
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