Muse v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Decided October 30, 1939. Frederick M. Odom wrote the opinion for the court.

192 So. 72 · Cited 173 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.

• Life Casualty Ins. Co. v. Peacock · 124 So. 229
• Noel v. Continental Casualty Co. · 138 Kan. 136
• Great Northern Life Ins. v. Tulsa Cotton Oil Co. · 76 P.2d 913

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• Hemel v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. · 29 So. 2d 483
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• Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Nails · 549 So. 2d 826
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• Hardee v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co. · 127 So. 2d 220
• Kennedy v. Audubon Insurance Company · 82 So. 2d 91
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• Bowab v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. · 152 So. 2d 66
• Powell v. Liberty Industrial Life Ins. Co. · 2 So. 2d 638
• Green v. National Bellas Hess Life Insurance Co. · 124 So. 2d 397
• Succession of Cormier · 80 So. 2d 571
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• Nordan-Lawton Oil and Gas Corp. of Texas v. Miller · 272 F. Supp. 125
• McKeithen Ex Rel. McKeithen v. the S. S. Frosta · 430 F. Supp. 899
• Crawford v. Lloyds London · 275 Cal. App. 2d 524

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