Legal Opinion
Potts v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 21, 1938No. Appeal, 221PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Stadteeld, J.,
This is an action in assumpsit by plaintiff, Kathryn Potts, against the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, to recover the face amount of a written contract of insurance allegedly entered into between defendant and Carl Findanscutz.
The pleadings consist of plaintiff’s statement of claim and defendant’s affidavit of defense.
On Tuesday, April 5, 1938, the case came up for trial before Glass, J., without a jury. The court found for the plaintiff in the amount of $429.27 and the defendant thereupon filed motions for new trial and for judgment n. o. v., which were…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Yesler v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1890
- Urian v. Scranton Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
- Hesse v. Traveler's Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
- Bole v. New Hampshire Fire Ins.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Leeta A. Lloyd v. The Franklin Life Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- Government Employees Insurance Company v. Benton, Ernest, in No. 88-1175. Benton, Ernest, in No. 88-1176 v. Government Employees Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Germano v. Home Life Insurance Co. of AmericaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Oakes v. Franklin Life InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- Government Employees Insurance Company v. Benton, Ernest, in No. 88-1175. Benton, Ernest, in No. 88-1176 v. Government Employees Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
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