Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Ins. v. Madden
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 5, 1941No. 9719PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Appellee, Marguerite Madden, sued appellant on one, appellee, Madden Furniture, Inc., sued it on two, policies1 for $5,000 each, issued on the life of Derrel D. Madden, and the suits were consolidated. In each suit statutory attorney’s fees were claimed. The defenses to the policies were false answers by Madden to questions in his applications2 for insurance. Each of the three applications contained the Question 11, “Have you ever had any ailment or disease of (c) The Stomach or Intestines ?”, to each the applicant answered “No.” It was alleged that he had had an…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Moulor v. American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Geer v. Union Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co. v. ClemmerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1935
- Wharton v. ætna Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
- Kaplan v. Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by18 opinions
- United States v. Boyce Mitchell, United States of America v. Nolan Ray WilliamsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Lucille L. FugateCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- McSweeney v. Prudential Ins. Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1942
- Madden v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
- Reliance Life Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh v. Everglades Discount Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
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