Legal Opinion
Wilke v. Finn
Texas Commission of Appeals
Decided June 10, 1931No. 1184—5515PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, J.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, on December 31,1923, issued to Herman Finn a policy of life insurance in the sum of $1,500, in which Fred Wilke was named the beneficiary.
Wilke was not related to Finn, the insured, either by blood or marriage; neither was he a creditor of the insured.
Finn died on February 15, 1927, having theretofore regularly paid the premiums on the policy; Wilke, the beneficiary, never paid any of such premiums or part thereof, and did not know that the policy had issued until some time during the year 1925.
H. B. Finn, Jr. (a cousin of the insured), was appointed…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Warnock v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Cheeves v. Anders, AdministratorTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Equitable Life Insurance v. HazlewoodCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- Nixon v. New York Life Insurance Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1906
- Cammack v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Griffin v. McCoachSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Drane, Ind. Extr. v. Jefferson Std. Life Ins. Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1942
- Kaufman v. BlackmanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1951
- Givens v. Girard Life Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Castillo v. CanalesTexas Supreme Court · 1943
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