Legal Opinion
Haynes v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 18, 1971No. [No. 403, September Term, 1970.]PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtDigges, J.
On December 7, 1963, Sergeant James Lee Haynes disappeared without a trace. He was on leave from active duty with the Army in Germany and had set out to hitchhike from his home in Baltimore to visit his parents in Maben, West Virginia. The Army and state police, upon notification that he was missing, conducted an extensive investigation but unearthed not one iota of evidence indicating an accident, foul play, or a voluntary absence without leave from the Army or his wife, Theda R. Haynes, the appellant.
Pursuant to Title 37 U.S.C., §§ 555-56 (Supp. V, 1965-69), the Secretary of the Army issued…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Griffin v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1930
- New York Life Ins. v. BrameMississippi Supreme Court · 1916
- Kirsner v. FleischmannCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
- Estate of Pearson v. CoulterOregon Supreme Court · 1949
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- Lamb v. Northwestern National Life InsuranceCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1983