Johnston v. Metropolitan Life Ins.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Cabell County. Action by James E. Jobnston, administrator, etc., against tbe Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Judgment in tbe court of common pleas in favor of defendant, and on writ of error tbe circuit court reversed, and rendered judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Rrrz, Judge:
Tbe defendant, for tbe consideration of certain premiums to be regularly paid, issued a policy of insurance by wbicb it agreed to pay to one Frank Pickens tbe face value of tbe policy in case be was living at tbe end of twenty years from tbe date of issue, or to pay to bis beneficiary Susie Pickens, bis wife, an equal sum in case of bis death before tbe expiration of said twenty years Tbe premiums were regularly paid until tbe time of Pickens’ death. Some years after tbe issuance of tbe policy the insured was murdered by bis wife, tbe beneficiary therein. She was convicted of tbe…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Riggs v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- New York Mutual Life Insurance v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Carpenter's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Schmidt v. Northern Life Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
- Shellenberger v. RansomNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Smith v. ToddSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
- De Zoteel v. Mutual Life InsuranceSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1932
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