Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Blue
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 19, 1931No. 6 Div. 835PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.
The suit is on an insurance policy to recover the monthly benefits or income alleged to be due for “total and permanent disability” by reason of disease.
The controlling question here is whether defendant was due the affirmative charge, a directed verdict.
The plaintiff, Dr. Foy E. Blue, took a life insurance policy for $10,000, with supplemental contract, whereby, in consideration of an extra premium of $23.20 per annum, he should be paid an income of $100 per month under stipulated conditions.
The pertinent stipulations are these:
“Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. *:!::!!***
“Hereby agrees,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Ginell v. . the Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Travelers' Ins. Co. v. PlasterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- Ginell v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923
- United States Casualty Co. v. PerrymanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
- Hawkins v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1928
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Erreca v. Western States Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
- Crowe v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1934
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. TorranceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1934
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. HarrisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
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