Legal Opinion
Rappe v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 27, 1948PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.
This is an action by the beneficiary of a policy of insurance issued by the defendant October 1, 1942, on the life of Albert Rappe. The defendant relies entirely upon the affirmative defence that the insured made false representations in the application for the policy which were “made with actual intent to deceive” or were such that “the matter misrepresented . . . increased the risk of loss.” G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 175, § 186.
When this case was here on a former occasion, after a verdict for the plaintiff, we held that the judge could not properly have ruled as matter of law that this…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Barnes v. Berkshire Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- McDonough v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Schiller v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Levie v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Kidder v. Supreme Commandery United Order of the Golden CrossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Sullivan v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Davidson v. Massachusetts Casualty InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Bockser v. Dorchester Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- Lennon v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Ayers v. Massachusetts Blue Cross, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1976
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