Smith v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Cropsey, J.:
The action is to recover upon a policy of life insurance. No evidence, was taken. The facts were all stipulated in the court below. Those that may be important are the following: About *671April 21, 1922, the defendant issued a policy in the sum of $1,000 upon the life of plaintiff’s testator. The policy was payable to Marie Rose Smith, the wife of the insured. All premiums were paid. The policy provided that if the beneficiary died before the insured the interest of the beneficiary should vest in the insured. About May 4, 1922, the insured murdered the beneficiary. For that crime he…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Riggs v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- New York Mutual Life Insurance v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Ritter v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Supreme Commandery of the Knights of the Golden Rule v. AinsworthSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance v. McCueSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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- Simmons v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1954
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