Sherman v. Allison
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Sarah A. Sherman, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the 12th day of April, 1902, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Onondaga Special Term, awarding to the defendant the proceeds of a certain policy of life insurance.
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on opinion of Merwin, J., delivered at Special Term; McLennan, Spring, Williams and Davy, JJ., concurred ; Hiscock, J., not sitting.
The following is the opinion of Merwin, J., delivered at Special Term:
Merwin, J.:
On the 30th day of May, 1867, the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company issued its policy of insurance upon the life of Jireh Sherman in the sum of $5,000, for the sole use of the plaintiff, his wife, payable at his death to his wife if she survived him ; if not, then to her children. The annual premium to be paid was $166. On the 26th day of May,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dannhauser v. . WallensteinNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Anderson v. . GoldsmidtNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Davidson v. CoxSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Slocumb v. . RaySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
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- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of the Marine Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1928