Jacobi v. Order of Germania
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Kings county. Action by August Jacobi against the Order of Germania on a policy of insurance on the life of plaintiff’s son, August Jacobi, Jr. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBarnard, P. J.
On the 25th of November, 1889, August Jacobi, Jr., a son of the plaintiff, applied to the defendant to become a member of the order, with an intent to make a provision for his father in case of his, the son’s, death. No one, by the by-laws of the order, could be admitted as such member who was at the time of his admission over 50 years of age. The application stated his age to have been 47 on the 18th of February, 1889, and that he was born the 18th of February, 1842. He obtained therein a contract by which, in consideration of certain payments yearly, $1,000 would be paid by the defendant to…
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