Legal Opinion
Stevens v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 22, 1933PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcLaughlin, J.
The plaintiff brings this action to recover the sum of $2,000 on a policy issued by the defendant company on the life of her husband, John Stevens. The policy is dated and issued on February 16, 1918. It had a fifteen-year endowment provision and matured on February 16, 1933, providing that the insured was alive at that time. The action is also brought for two premiums amounting to $262.56 which were paid after it was claimed the insured was dead.
The plaintiff claims that the" deceased left his home on the morning of June 11, 1923, and that he has not been seen or heard from since that day;…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Butler v. . Mutual Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the account WagenerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
- Town of Van Buren v. City of Syracuse, New York County Courts1911
- In re Miller's EstateNew York Surrogate's Court · 1890
3Cited by3 opinions
- Schneiderman v. Mutual Life InsuranceCity of New York Municipal Court · 1936
- Stevens v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
- Barlow v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1959