Bennett v. Mass. Mutual Life Ins.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “It is true, the burden is upon the party seeking to impeach the writing, but a preponderance of evidence is all that is required in this as well as other civil actions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Fisher v. Travelers' Insurance Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1911-04-15· cited 65×
• Hale v. Sovereign Camp Woodmen of World
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1920-09-15· cited 19×
• Russell v. Zanone
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1966-02-04· cited 16×
• Shell Oil Co. v. State Tire & Oil Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 1942-03-10· cited 15×
• Neighbors v. Union Central Life Ins. Co.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1933-05-30· cited 10×
• Interstate Life & Accident Co v. Potter
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1933-10-07· cited 9×
• Mutual Life Insurance v. Summers
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1912-01-05· cited 4×
• Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Borsje
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1925-06-20· cited 1×
• Ali v. Professional Real Estate Developers, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-02-18

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance v. Baker
  Supreme Court· 1877-04-30· cited 45×
• Providence Life Assurance Society v. Reutlinger
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1894-03-10· cited 37×
• Pudritzky v. Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1889-10-11· cited 29×
• Flynn v. . Equitable Life Ins. Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1879-11-18· cited 21×
• Stone v. Manning
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1899-06-02· cited 16×
• Gage v. Railway Companies
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1890-05-01· cited 13×
• Knights of Pythias v. Cogbill
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1897-04-28· cited 13×