Legal Opinion

Metropolitan Life Ins. v. Whitler

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 31, 1949No. 9673PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

This' was an- interpleader suit. Plaintiffs, corporations. of the States of New Y-ork, Connecticut and Virginia, respectively, filed their complaint against Helen Marie Whitler, a citizen of the State of Illinois, -and Ruth L. Whitler, a citizen of the State of Arkansas, to have determined conflicting claims under k policy of ■insurance issued by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, w-hereby it agreed to pay to the beneficiary named therein, upon the death bf Isaac E.-Whitler, an employee of Shell Oil Company, the sum -of $4,500. The existence of the requisite…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Treinies v. Sunshine Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. McFadden v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  3. ætna Life Ins. Co. v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
  4. Baker v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1935
  5. Howard v. Aetna Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1946

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Aaron v. MahlCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
  2. Thieme v. Union Labor Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1957
  3. Lecker v. General American Life Insurance Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Omer M. Harris v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
  5. Reynolds v. Guarantee Reserve Life InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976

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