Legal Opinion

Leavens v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided February 16, 1938PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSturgis, J.

This is an action of assumpsit brought by the widow of Irving D. Leavens as beneficiary named in a certificate held by the deceased under a group policy of insurance No. 6371G issued on April 6, 1932, to his employer, the Burnham & Morrill Company of Portland by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. The case having been referred under Rule of Court with right of exceptions as to questions of law reserved, comes forward on exceptions to the acceptance of the report in the Superior Court.

Under the terms of the group policy and the certificate issued thereunder, the employee was insured for…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Simon v. . EtgenNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
  2. Emerick v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
  3. Staples v. LittlefieldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1933
  4. Hawkins v. Maine & New Hampshire Theaters Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1933
  5. Thull v. Equitable Life Assurance SocietyOhio Court of Appeals · 1931

14 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Walker v. Occidental Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
  2. Farrington's Owners' Ass'n v. Conway Lake Resorts, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2005
  3. Shears v. All States Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  4. Keane v. AETNA LIFE INS. CO., HARTFORD, CONN.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
  5. Geisenhoff v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1941

1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API