Legal Opinion
Stipcich v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 21, 1928No. 97PublishedCited by 357 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
The plaintiff brought this action in t'he circuit court for Clatsop County, Oregon, as beneficiary of á policy by which the defendant had insured the life of her husband, Anton Stipcich. The case was removed for diversity of citizenship to the United States district court for Oregon. The company defended principally on the ground that Stipcich, after applying for the insurance and before the delivery of the policy and payment of the first premium, had suffered a recurrence of a duodenal ulcer, which later caused his death, and that he failed to reveal this information to the company.
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