Legal Opinion
Pierre v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 19, 1937No. Civ. 10251PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRAY, J., pro tem.
Forty-five days before Ms death Peter A. Pierre applied to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, through its soliciting agent, for a policy of life insurance in the sum of $5,000, payable upon his death to his wife Elsie T. Pierre. Six days later he signed the second part of the application, which contained his answers to printed questions concerning his previous medical history. Twenty-nine days before his death the agent delivered the policy to him while he was sick in bed. Upon the insurer’s refusal to pay, the beneficiary brought the present action, in which she…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Telford v. New York Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1937
- Iverson v. Metropolitan Life Etc. Co.California Supreme Court · 1907
- Maggini v. West Coast Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934
- Layton v. New York Life InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1921
- Travelers Insurance v. ByersCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Ransom v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Cohen v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957
- California-Western States Life Insurance v. FeinstenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
- West Coast Life Insurance v. CrawfordCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943
- Mirich v. Underwriter's at Lloyd's LondonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
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