Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Bessie Thompson v. Edward Thompson, a Minor, by Helen Mae Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 23, 1966No. 15844PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SEITZ, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the single question of the proper statutory construction of the word “child” in the section of the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act which provides for payment of death proceeds.
The decedent Cornelius R. Thompson was a federal employee covered by a life insurance policy which the Metropolitan* Life Insurance Company issued to the United States Civil Service Commission pursuant to the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act, 5 U.S.C.A. § 2091 et seq. Admitting its liability, the insurance company interpleaded the two…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- De Sylva v. BallentineSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Foster v. CheekSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
- Willie Brantley v. Edward J. Skeens, Guardian Ad Litem, Herbert Mathis v. Edward J. Skeens, Guardian Ad LitemCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
- United States v. Philippine National Bank, as Guardian of Salvador Tranas, Jr., a MinorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- William C. Grove, Sr., and Rozalia Miller, Administratrix of the Estate of William C. Grove, Jr., Deceased v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
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- Miller Ex Rel. Miller v. LairdDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1972
- Haley v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1968
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