Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Hill
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided November 13, 1934No. CC 513PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hatcher, Judge:
This suit was brought by an insurance company as stakeholder, to dispose of the proceeds of an insurance policy on the life of William A. Hill.- He'was killed by his wife who was the beneficiary named in the policy and also his sole distributee. Upon a trial for his murder she was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. She pleads herein that she killed her husband unintentionally, and sets-out in her plea her acquittal of felonious killing in the criminal trial. The circuit court overruled (1) a demurrer to her plea, and (2) a motion to strike therefrom all reference to the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. SchmidtNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- People v. . SchmidtNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Johnston v. Metropolitan Life Ins.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
- Interstate Dry Goods Stores v. WilliamsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922
- State v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
3Cited by26 opinions
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- Der Minasian v. Aetna Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- State Ex Rel. Allstate Insurance v. Union Public Service DistrictWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1966
- State ex rel. Bibb v. ChambersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
- Bird v. PlunkettSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
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