Legal Opinion
Jones v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided January 30, 1936PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShientag, J.
Plaintiff sues as ancillary administratrix of the estate of Johanna Culbert to recover on three policies of industrial insurance on the latter’s life, to which the applications were not attached. As to one of the policies, defendant maintains it had never been delivered to the insured at all. The jury specifically found otherwise. As to all three of the policies, defendant claims the insured was not in sound health when they were issued, and that this fact avoided the policies according to their terms. Plaintiff admits that the insured was in unsound health at the time the policies were…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- F. A. Straus & Co. v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Ruse v. . the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Wilson v. . Lewiston Mill Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Stumpf v. HallahanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Sliosberg v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Auten v. AutenNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Rubin v. Irving Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1953
- Strubbe v. SonnenscheinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Colonial Penn Insurance v. MinkoffAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
- Strubbe v. SonnenscheinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
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