Metropolitan Life Ins. v. Goodman
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. Gaston Gunter. Action by Nancy E. Goodman against the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to recover upon the policy issued on the life of Louis M. Goodman under which she was the beneficiary. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. Gaston Gunter. Action by Nancy E. Goodman against the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to recover upon the policy issued on the life of Louis M. Goodman under which she was the beneficiary. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Transferred from the Court of Appeals under section 6, Acts of 1911, p. 449. The pleas are as follows: (6) The policy sued on contained the following condition: “Unless otherwise stated in the blank space below, in a waiver signed by the secretary, this policy is void if the insured, before its date, has…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
This is the second appeal in this cause. For a report of the former appeal, see Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Goodman, 10 Ala. App. 446, 65 South. 449. The first assignment of error insisted on by counsel relates to the action of the court in sustaining demurrers to pleas 6, 7, 8, and 9. These pleas were given consideration on the former appeal, but the assignments of demurrer sustained by the court below were not then presented, and the questions now argued were not, therefore, called to the attention of that court.
The provision in the policy held by the Court of Appeals to be a warranty,…
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