Ellis v. National Provident Union
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The National Provident Union, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 24th day of November, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
The defendant is a society incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, the chief feature of the corporate business being that of a mutual benefit association, which issues to its members certificates in the nature of life insurance policies. In the year 1883 it issued to George S. Ellis a certificate, called a bond, of the character mentioned, which constitutes a direct contract between it and the assured and the beneficiary named therein. The defendant appears to be a central organization, with branches in various localities, such branches being called councils, one…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Elmer v. Mutual Benefit Life Ass'n of AmericaNew York Supreme Court · 1892
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