Rhode v. Metropolitan Life-Insurance
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne.; Frazer, J. Assumpsit by Minnie Rhode against the Metropolitan Life-Insurance Company on a policy of insurance. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This case has once been before the court, and is reported in 129 Mich. 112 (88 N. W. 400). On a second trial the plaintiff again recovered, and the defendant brings error.
It is again argued by counsel for the defendant that there was no evidence tending to show that the decedent was in good health at the time the policy took effect. It is strenuously argued that there was no sufficient evidence to raise a question of fact for the jury upon this point, as *505the testimony of Dr. Lawton was an expression of opinion as to the condition of the applicant. We think the question is foreclosed by the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Brown v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
- Plumb v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
- Hahn v. National UnionMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
- O'Rourke v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1902
- Rhode v. Metropolitan Life-InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Great Northern Life Ins. Co. v. VinceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1941
- Ranger, Inc. v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. Of United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1952
- Perry v. John Hancock Mutual Life-InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1906
- Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. MossCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
- New York Life Insurance v. NewmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1945
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