Legal Opinion
Weston v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided February 28, 1945No. 15716PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Associate Justice Stukes
delivered the unanimous Opinion of the Court:
This appeal is closely allied with that reported under the title of Murray v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 193 S. C., 368, 8 S. E. (2d), 314, 317. The insured and the insurer are the same. In that case this court said:
“To sustain this ruling, the principle is invoked that an examination of the insured by a physician chosen by the insurance company is some evidence of one of two things: Either that the alleged disease did not exist, or that its existence was known to and waived by the insurer. Nix v. Sovereign Camp,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Killian v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Cohen v. . N.Y. Mutual Life Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Ramsey v. Old Colony Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- Henderson v. Life Ins. Co. of VirginiaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1935
- Brownlee v. Charleston Motor Ex. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Johnston v. Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Ass'nSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1963
- Arnold v. Life Ins. Co. of GeorgiaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1954
- Blackwell v. United Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1957
- Parker v. Progressive Life InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1959
- Bolick v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1966
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