Legal Opinion

Nickola v. United Commercial Travellers of America

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 6, 1964No. Calendar 26, Docket 50,284Published

1Opinion of the Court

372 Mich. 600 (1964)

127 N.W.2d 309

NICKOLA

v.

UNITED COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS OF AMERICA.

Calendar No. 26, Docket No. 50,284.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 6, 1964.

Sherman M. Bean and Philip Elliott, for plaintiff.

Gault, Davison & Bowers (Matthew Davison, Jr., of counsel), for defendant.

O'HARA, J.

Tried to the court without a jury was the issue of plaintiff's entitlement to the death benefits under 4 accident insurance policies with a total face value of $16,500.

Our scope of review is limited: (1) Was there competent evidence to sustain the trial judge's finding of fact? (2) Was such finding…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Kangas v. New York Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Abbott v. Travelers InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1920
  3. Bristol v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Ass'nMichigan Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Nickola v. United Commercial Travellers of AmericaMichigan Supreme Court · 1964

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