Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Union Trust Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 19, 1938PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The defendant Abstract Title and Mortgage Corporation has moved under rule 113 of the Rules of Civil Practice for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
The complaint reveals that in the years 1929 and 1930, the plaintiff, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, acquired by purchase 146 mortgages on separate parcels of real estate, consisting of houses and lots, located in various towns of Monroe county. Accompanying each of the mortgages was a policy of insurance executed by the defendant, and made directly to the plaintiff, insuring the title of the parcel of land covered by each mortgage.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Trenton Potteries Co. v. Title Guarantee & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Mayers v. Van SchaickNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- De Peyster v. . MurphyNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Doonan v. . KillileaNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
3Cited by2 opinions
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Union Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Union Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939