Legal Opinion
Eklund v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided April 29, 1936No. 5717PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EPHRAIM HANSON, Justice.
This action was brought by Gust Eklund as administrator of the estate of Alice Eklund, deceased, against the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to recover upon two insurance policies issued by the company upon the life of Alice Eklund. As a defense to the action and as a refusal of payment, the company set up that the policies had been obtained by fraud and misrepresentation in that the assured represented to the company at the time of obtaining each of said policies that she had never been afflicted with cancer or other tumors; that she had never been under treatment…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Haughton v. Aetna Life InsuranceIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
- Klein v. Prudential Insurance of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Buffalo Loan, Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. Knights Templar & Masonic Mutual Aid Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Briesenmeister v. Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias of the WorldMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
- B.L., T. S.D. Co. v. . K.T. M.M.A. Assn.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Matthews v. New York Life Insurance Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1968
- Schroeder v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 1936
- Cross v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1940
- Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. MiddlemissUtah Supreme Court · 1943