Eltonhead v. Travelers Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Travelers Insurance Company, 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 29th day of June, 1916, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 30th day of June, 1916, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, with notice of an intention to bring up for. review…
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Appeal by the defendant, The Travelers Insurance Company, 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 29th day of June, 1916, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 30th day of June, 1916, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, with notice of an intention to bring up for. review an intermediate order entered in said clerk’s office on the 30th day of March, 1916, denying defendant’s motion for a…
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action to recover on a policy of life insurance issued by the defendant on the 11th day of October, 1905, on the life of Edward T. Eltonhead, plaintiff’s husband, now deceased, and in which the plaintiff was named as beneficiary. The provision, however, designating the plaintiff as beneficiary authorized the decedent to change the beneficiary as therein provided. It was provided that the authority to change the beneficiary might be exercised at any time if the contract of insurance had not been assigned and that such change of beneficiary should take effect only upon…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Whitehead v. . New York Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Steinbach v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Taylor v. . MillardNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Richardson v. . EmmettNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- McGlynn v. CurryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Maurice v. Travelers InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1923