Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. James
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 22, 1934No. 8 Div. 507PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Justice.
The complaint was substantially in the form prescribed by the Code for a declaration on a policy of life insurance. Section 9531, form 12, Code 1923.
The first appeal is reported, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. James, 225 Ala. 561, 144 So. 33.
Defendant filed special pleas setting up contract provisions alleged to have been broken. Plea 3 contained, among others, the following averments:
“ ‘This policy is issued in consideration of the application therefor, copy of which application is attached hereto and made a part hereof.
“ ‘The provisions and benefits printed or written by the…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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3Cited by20 opinions
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