Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Beha
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 21, 1929PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Kirk, P. J.
The petition runs against James A. Beha, as Superintendent of Insurance. The present Superintendent is Albert Conway and his name should be substituted for that of James A. Beha. The court takes judicial notice of succeeding changes among State officials. (See Matter of Clement [Hunt Certificate], 132 App. Div. 598, 600.)
The petitioner asks the Superintendent of Insurance for his official approval of a rider which it desires to attach to its standard form of life insurance policy. The rider is in the following form:
“ Death as a result of service, travel or flight in any species of air craft,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hopkins v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- In re ClementAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
3Cited by5 opinions
- Simpson v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Mayer v. Prudential Life Insurance Co. of AmericaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
- United Security Life Insurance v. MasseySupreme Court of Virginia · 1932
- Krause v. Pacific Mutual Life InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1942
- Shannon v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCity of New York Municipal Court · 1933