Legal Opinion
Beasley v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 17, 1950PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gailor
This appeal presents a suit at law for the principal sum on a policy of industrial life insurance issued by the Company on the life of the deceased husband of the Plaintiff. At the end of the Plaintiff’s proof, on account of fraud and false statements made in the application for the insurance, the Trial Judge directed a verdict for the Defendant. On appeal, the Court of Appeals affirmed, and we granted certiorari.
The question presented is whether the rule in Industrial Life & Health Ins. Co. v. Trinkle, 185 Tenn. 434, 206 S. W. (2d) 414, that knowledge of the insurance agent is knowledge of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Upton v. TribilcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- DeFord v. National Life & Accident Ins.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1945
- Industrial Life & Health Ins. v. TrinkleTennessee Supreme Court · 1947
- Lockhart v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1941
- Federal Land Bank of Louisville v. RobertsonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1935
3Cited by67 opinions
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