Williams v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The-Metropolitan Life 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 Kings on the 25th day of January, 1905, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of January, 1905, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woobward, J.:
On the 10th day of February, 1898, the defendant company issued two policies of insurance upon the life of -Frank C. Williams, the plaintiff in this action being the beneficiary. The policies were ( for $500 ‘ each, this form being adopted upon the, suggestion of defendant’s agent, because the examinations were a little less rigid for $500 policies than for larger ones. Upon the death of - the insured the defendant company refused payment upon various grounds, but upon the trial all of the -issues, excepting those relating to the answers to questions in the application and in-…
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