Legal Opinion

Harris v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided March 1, 1951No. Docket 20, Calendar 44,855PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDethmers, J.

This is a suit to determine who is entitled to the proceeds of a life insurance policy. Henry Marx became insured for $2,000 under a group life insurance policy issued by defendant insurance company to Ms employer, General Motors Corporation, by virtue of a certificate of participation issued to him, which named as beneficiary defendant Ostrander’s decedent, Claude Ostrander. Two weeks prior to. Ms death, Marx executed a change of beneficiary, naming as beneficiaries the plaintiff, Harris, and cross-plaintiff Stine, as director of the Saginaw county social welfare board, and directing that…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Quist v. Western & Southern Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1922
  2. Dogariu v. DogariuMichigan Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Ancient Order of Gleaners v. BuryMichigan Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. HitchcockMichigan Supreme Court · 1935
  5. Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. MalloryMichigan Supreme Court · 1939

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Aetna Life Insurance v. BrooksMichigan Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. Aetna Life Insurance Company v. ParkerDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1955
  3. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. DanielDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1959
  4. American Equity Investment Life Insurance Co v. Louis H Bitto IVMichigan Court of Appeals · 2017
  5. American Equity Investment Life Insurance Co v. Louis H Bitto IVMichigan Court of Appeals · 2017

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