Olmstead v. Keyes
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the Monroe Special Term denying the motion of Mary L. Keyes to compel Lemuel W. Bignall to pay her the costs, etc.
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
The plaintiff as trustee collected the sum of $1,811 upon a life policy of insurance issued upon the life of Lester V. Keyes. This money was claimed by the defendant Helen M. Yosburgh and others, children of the deceased by his first wife; and also by the defendant Mary L. Keyes, his widow.
This action was brought to determine their conflicting claims. It was tried at the Cayuga special term and resulting in a judgment in which the defendant, Mary L. Keyes, was awarded the money in question and costs against the other defendants. Appeals were subsequently taken from the judgment upon the part…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wolcott v. . HolcombNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Genet v. . DavenportNew York Court of Appeals · 1874