Griesa v. Massachusetts Benefit Ass'n
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Steuben county. Action by Charles A. Griesa and others against the Massachusetts Benefit Association. From a judgment entered on the findings and decision of the court, a jury being waived, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, P. J.
The action was on a policy of life insurance issued to Mrs. Henrietta Griesa, of North Coliocton, Steuben county, in this state, for $1,000, payable, in case of her death, to the plaintiffs, her children. The.defendant is a foreign corporation, organized under the laws of the state of Massachusetts, and having its principal office at Boston, but doing business in this state. This policy was a reinsurance, issued October 5, 1888, upon the surrender of a policy of $2,500, issued to the insured by the Life Benefit Society of Rochester, N. Y., in the year 1882. The insured was 70 years old when…
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- Titus v. . Glens Falls Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- The People v. . Fire Association of Phil'A.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Holmes v. BroughtonNew York Supreme Court · 1833
- Peacock v. . New York Life Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Shay v. National Benefit SocietyNew York Supreme Court · 1889
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