Britton v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Peebles, J., at August Term, 1913,. of Halifax. This is an action to recover on a policy of insurance, issued by the defendant upon the life of plaintiff’s intestate by the defendant, and tried upon this issue: 1. Is the defendant, indebted to the plaintiff, and if so, in what amount? Answer: $1,000, with interest from 1 March, 1911. From the judgment rendered, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
BeowN, J".
Tbe following is a copy of tbe policy of insurance sued on, together with tbe indorsements on tbe back:
Endowment 20 Years.
Age 27j Amount $1,000.
Semiannual Premium, $21.86.
Metropolitan Insurance Company, in consideration of tbe application for tbe policy, copy of which application is attached hgreto and made part thereof, and of tbe payment of tbe semiannual premium of $21.86, and of tbe .payment -of tbe like amount upon each first day of November and May hereafter until twenty (20) full years premiums shall have been paid, or until tbe prior death of tbe insured:
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Snell v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Walker v. . VentersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
- Kendrick v. Mutual Benefit Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
- Grier v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Waters v. Security Life & Annuity Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
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- Silverman v. New York Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1935
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