Legal Opinion
Adkins v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 24, 1938No. 6 Div. 232PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNIGHT, Justice.
Suit by the beneficiary of a life insurance policy to recover accidental death benefit of $2,000, alleged to be due under the provisions of a policy of life insurance, issued by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, upon the life of Durward Adkins, a son of the beneficiary.
In the discussion of this case, we shall refer to the parties as plaintiff and defendant, just as they-appeared in the court below.
The insured died on July 6, 1936, while the insurance contract was in full force and effect, and following his death the plaintiff submitted proof of death to the defendant,…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Lewis v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Pow v. Southern Const. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Richards v. Standard Acc. Ins. Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1921
- Lincoln Nat. Life Ins. Co. v. EricksonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1930
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Evans v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1946
- American Mut. Liability Ins. Co. v. Agricola FurnaceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Aetna Life Insurance Company v. BeasleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
- M. R. Thomason, Contractor, a Partnership Composed of M. R. Thomason, D. B. Holt, Jr., and Others v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Union Central Life Insurance Company v. ScottSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
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