Sullivan v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, upon a policy of life insurance. Trial in the Superior Court, before Dewey, J., who, at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case, ruled, at the request of the defendant, that the plaintiff could not maintain her action, and directed a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
The bill of exceptions states that the, plaintiff was named as beneficiary in an application for insurance upon the life of her father, Timothy Sullivan, for the sum of $500. It also states that the policy is dated May 2, 1887, and that premiums, to the amount of $565, were paid to the defendant on account of the insurance, when payment ceased, and this action was brought to recover back that amount less $10 received as a dividend. The date of the writ is June 15,1898.
The ground upon which the plaintiff seeks to recover the premiums is that the policy was void and never attached, on account…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fisher v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Fisher v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
3Cited by3 opinions
- LaRocca v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- McCann v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Globe & Rutgers Fire Ins. v. Van Antwerp Realty Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1942