Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Plunkett
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 10, 1928No. 17654PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIFFENDAFFER, C.
Action upon a policy upon the life of Horace L. Plunkett. The policy provided that if the insured, within one year from the date of issue, die by his own hand or act, whether sane or insane, the policy should become nu|ll and void, and the company would return only the premiums which had beeen received thereunder.
Plikintiff was the beneflleiary. The defense was suicide within the one-year period. The policy was issued on the 25th day of February, 1920. Insured died on the 27th day of April, 1920, apparently from the effects of carbolic acid poison. Shortly before his death he…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mutual Benefit Life Ins. v. Daviess' Ex'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1888
- Wasey v. Travelers' InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
- Norman v. Modern Brotherhood of AmericaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
- Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. PlunkettSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
- Oklahoma Aid Ass'n v. ThomasSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1927
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Sims v. Great American Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
- McSpadden v. MahoneySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1967
- City of Pawhuska v. CrutchfieldSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
- Federal Life Ins. Co. v. MaplesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1951
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. GibbsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
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