Osterhoudt v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the cleric of said •county on the 24th day of July, 1909, upon the decision of the court, the case having been taken from the jury. By the judgment the plaintiff recovered upon a life insurance policy upon the life of Julia Yandermark, payable to her estate.
1Opinion of the Court
Kellogg, J. :
The policy was obtained upon a forged application containing answers clearly false, and without a medical examination, upon the life of a woman in a consumptive family, who was sick at the time. The policy was upon the life of the plaintiff’s sister. They resided *124in the little village, of Bosendale, and had apparently resided there for years, The plaintiff clearly knew the family history and her ' state of health. ' He gives no account of the circumstances under which the policy was delivered to him. It was taken out without the knowledge or consent of the sister. He says he…
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