Legal Opinion
Wickes v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 19, 1936No. 16417PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Judge.
This is a contest between rival claimants for the proceeds of an industrial life insurance policy.
We find the facts of the case to be as follows:
On January 5, 1926, one Ralph Duhaney, a colored man, hereinafter referred to as the insured, entered into a contract of endowment and life insurance with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, by the terms of which, and in consideration of a weekly premium of 50 cents, the insurance company agreed to pay, upon event of his death, to his executor or administrator, the sum of $510.
The policy also contained a “facility of payment…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Supreme Council of Royal Arcanum v. BehrendSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Quist v. Western & Southern Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1922
- Atkinson v. Metropolitan Life Ins.Ohio Supreme Court · 1926
- New York Life Ins. v. MurtaghSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Barrett v. BarrettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Faulkner v. FaulknerMississippi Supreme Court · 1942
- Standard Life & Acc. Ins. Co. v. PylantLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1982
- Morein v. North American Co. for Life & Health Ins.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
- Smith v. American National Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1946
- Nixon v. Life Insurance Company of VirginiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
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