Wokal v. Belsky
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Emanuel F. Wokal, as administrator, etc., of Johan Wokal, deceased, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, Wincy Belsky, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Mew York on the 19th day of March, 1900, upon an order made at the Mew York Special Term and entered in said clerk’s office on the 24th day of February, 1900, sustaining said defendant’s demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, J. :
The action was brought by an administrator upon two policies of insurance issued to Johan Wokal, upon his life, by the defendant, The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. The defendant Wincy Belsky is alleged to be an adverse claimant, and is joined as a party interested under section 447 of the Code of Civil Procedure; and although the demurrer was interposed upon the ground that no cause of action was stated as against her, that question was not decided, the demurrer being sustained upon the ground that no cause of action was stated as against the insurance company, which was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Shea v. United States Industrial InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Walsh v. Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Derham v. . LeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Brennan v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Golden v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
3Cited by21 opinions
- Howell v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. of BostonNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- In re the Estate of O'NeillNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- Ruoff v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Clarkston v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1915
- Zornow v. Prudential InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
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