Legal Opinion
Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life Ins.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided December 26, 1941No. 732PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, District Judge.
1. The plaintiffs originally instituted suit in the New Jersey Supreme Court to recover the benefit under certain policies of insurance issued by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company on the life of Richard Ettelson, deceased. Defendant removed the case to this court on the ground of diversity of citizenship and thereafter filed an answer and counterclaim.
2. The answer pleads that Richard Ettelson was asked and he answered that he did not have any ailment or disease of the heart or lungs, whereas in fact, he had had an ailment or disease of the heart, and he was asked…
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
- Canning v. Star Publishing Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1956
- Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. AlvarezNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1943
- Garman v. Metropolitan Life Ins.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1947