Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Ins. v. Cohen
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 4, 1938No. 190PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
Appellee sued as beneficiary upon a limited payment life insurance policy insuring the life of her husband. The application for insurance, parts (a) and (b), were made part of the contract and copies were attached to the policy. Cohen signed Part (a) June 18, 1936, and Part (b) June 19, 1936. After signing Part (b), he paid $32.15 to the appellant’s local agent and was given a binding receipt dated June 19, 1936, which, in addition to acknowledging receipt of the first premium, provided: “If this sum is equal to the full first premium on the policy applied for and if…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. FletcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. YatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Minsker v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NY v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Wastun v. Lincoln Nat. Life Ins. Co. of Ft. Wayne, Ind.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Ruhlin v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- Karno v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1956
- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. ArnoldDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1939
- Bowen v. New York Life Ins.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1940
- Courtney v. Nationwide Mutual Fire InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 2001
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