Legal Opinion
Frost v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 29, 1940No. Appeal, 58PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Patterson,
An action of assumpsit was instituted by the appellee, Preston A. Frost, as guardian of the minor children of Emerson E. Weiser, deceased, to recover the proceeds of a $5,000 term policy of life insurance issued by the appellant company to Weiser.
Appellee’s statement of claim avers the execution by Weiser and appellant of the $5,000 contract of insurance which is set forth as Exhibit A. Attached to the policy were an instrument designated “Accidental Death Benefit” and a photostatic copy of an application for insurance which on its face is an application by…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Pickett v. Pacific M. L. Ins., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Warren County1891
- Morris v. State Mutual Life Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Fidelity Title & Trust Co. v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Hebb v. Kittanning Ins.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- City of Scranton v. SilkmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Dona W. Horowitz, Individually and as Co-Executrix of the Estate of Leonard N. Horowitz, Deceased Alfred Camner, Co-Executor of the Estate of Leonard N. Horowitz, Deceased v. Federal Kemper Life Assurance Company, in No. 94-1900. Dona W. Horowitz, Individually and as Co-Executrix of the Estate of Leonard N. Horowitz, Deceased Alfred Camner, Co-Executor of the Estate of Leonard N. Horowitz, Deceased, in No. 94-1901 v. Federal Kemper Life Assurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Calvert Distillers Corp. v. Board of Finance & RevenueSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Syme v. Bankers National Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Good v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Sylvia Ostrov v. Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
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