Legal Opinion

Garman v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided May 18, 1949No. 9837PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Anne Garman, who is the widow of J. Harry Garman and a resident of New Jersey, brought an action at law in the Supreme Court of New Jersey to recover the amount alleged to be due her as beneficiary on a life insurance policy issued to her husband by the defendant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a corporation of New York. The defendant removed the action to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and filed an answer and counterclaim in that court. The defense set up by the answer was that the policy had been procured by fraud…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Cone v. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1943
  3. Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
  4. Kerpchak v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1922
  5. Pacific Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. RosenthalNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1937

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Odessa Woods v. The National Life and Accident Insurance Company, a Tennessee CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
  2. Calvin J. Smith v. Trans-World Drilling CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  3. The Yorkshire Indemnity Company of New York (Also Known as the Yorkshire Insurance Company of New York) v. Roosth & Genecov Production CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
  4. Formosa v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of USNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1979
  5. Mildred S. Curry v. Pyramid Life Insurance Company and Home Savings Association of Kansas CityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959

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