Legal Opinion
Sylvester v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided October 5, 1931No. Docket No. 34, Calendar No. 35,679PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
The facts in this case were agreed upon. Quotations are therefrom. Plaintiff brings this action to recover on two industrial insurance policies, issued to Collier Sylvester, a colored man, in 1917 and 1923, on which the amounts payable at his death, which occurred on November 28, 1926, were the sums of $324 and $512 respectively.. The weekly payments were 20 cents on the former and 40 cents on the latter. The policies are similar in form. They provided that, in case of the death of the insured, the company would—
“pay upon receipt of proofs of the. death of the insured made in the manner, to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Russell v. Prudential Insurance of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Foryciarz v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Supreme Court · 1916
- Zornow v. Prudential InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
- Foryciarz v. Prudential Ins. Co. of AmericaNew York Supreme Court · 1916
3Cited by7 opinions
- Dorsey v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
- Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. MalloryMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
- Brown v. Metropolitan Life Ins.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1951
- Brown v. Metropolitan Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Howard v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1937
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