MacDonald v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Decided April 24, 1931. Emory A. Walling wrote the opinion for the court.

155 A. 491 · Cited 58 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Mutual Life Insurance v. Hurni Packing Co. · 263 U.S. 167
• McMaster v. New York Life Insurance · 183 U.S. 25
• Brams v. New York Life Insurance · 148 A. 855

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• Cooper v. Foresters Underwriters, Inc. · 275 P.2d 675
• Prescott v. Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Ass'n. · 183 So. 311
• Enfinger v. Order of United Commercial Travelers · 156 So. 2d 38
• Inter-Ocean Insurance Company v. Banks · 104 So. 2d 836
• Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co. v. Bomchel · 194 So. 156
• Kopke v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance · 176 Kan. 451
• Easton v. Washington County Insurance · 391 Pa. 28
• Blue Anchor Overall Co. v. Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance · 385 Pa. 394
• Burne v. Franklin Life Insurance · 451 Pa. 218
• Preston v. National Life & Accident Insurance · 26 S.E.2d 439
• Kennedy v. Occidental Life Insurance · 18 Cal. 2d 627
• Perkins v. Associated Indemnity Corp. · 63 P.2d 499
• North American Accident Insurance v. Plummer · 176 A. 466
• Gressler v. New York Life Ins. Co. · 156 P.2d 212

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