Shaw v. . Republic Life Ins. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict. This action was brought upon an alleged contract of life insurance.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict. This action was brought upon an alleged contract of life insurance. Plaintiff’s evidence tended to show the following facts : On September 8, 1868, the Hahneman Life Insurance Company issued to plaintiff a policy of insurance upon the life of her husband, Richard B. Shaw, by the terms of which the annual premiums were to be paid September 8th of each year. That company sold out to defendant, who assumed its risks. On November 26,…
1Opinion of the CourtFolger, J.
Inasmuch as there was testimony tending thereto, the verdict of the jury establishes the facts; that the persons who negotiated with the plaintiff and her husband were authorized so to do by the defendant, in its behalf; that the defendant agreed with the plaintiff to issue to her its policy, as a new insurance upon the life of her husband; and that the note of the husband was taken as an adequate consideration for that agreement.
These results are an answer to the exception to the refusal to nonsuit the plaintiff, save as to one ground of the motion, which we will notice further on.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Burtis v. . ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Crist v. ArmourNew York Supreme Court · 1861
- Franchot v. LeachNew York Supreme Court · 1826
- Traver v. HalstedNew York Supreme Court · 1840
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- Phœnix Mutual Life Insurance v. HinesleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
- Meyer v. . Knickerbocker Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1878
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