Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. May
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 23, 1929PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHeiskell, J.
This is a bill of interpleader. It was sustained as such and the claimants of the proceeds of a $5000 insurance policy were ordered to interplead. They have done so and it is not necessary to notice the interpleader further.
0. IT. May on January 19, 1918, took out a $5000 insurance policy in the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, making his wife, Bernice Lillian May the beneficiary. On August 3, 1927, O. H. May shot and killed his wife and on August 8, 1927, he died. James May qualified as administrator' of the estate of O. H. May, representing his next of kin and Melvin Standifer…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Martin v. StubbingsIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
- Smith v. National Benefit SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Mutual Ben. Life Ins. v. SwettCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
- Masonic Mutual Benefit Society v. BurkhartIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Union Mutual Ass'n v. MontgomeryMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Carter v. HutchisonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1985
- Merritt v. ScruggsTennessee Supreme Court · 1938