Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Ins. v. Adams
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 5, 1944No. 179PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAGETT, Acting Associate Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment for $1,000, entered on the verdict of a jury in favor of appellee — plaintiff in the trial court — who sued as the beneficiary of an insurance policy upon the life of her deceased husband.
Two principal assignments of error are relied upon by appellant: first, that the trial judge refused to direct a verdict in its favor; and, second, assuming that the case should have gone to the jury, that the trial judge erred in failing to instruct the jury upon all the issues raised by the pleadings and evidence.
The undisputed evidence -was…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. CooganSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Stewart v. Wyoming Cattle Ranche Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. SameCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- Kaplan v. Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Wingfield v. Peoples Drug Store, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Mark Keshishian & Sons, Inc. v. Washington Square, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Hill v. Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Robert J. Jones v. Reliance Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Johnson v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1983
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