Reynolds v. Ætna Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by tjie plaintiff, Frank Reynolds, as receiver of Richard Worthington, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 20th day of January, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint upon the merits, with costs, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29th day of January, 1896,…
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Appeal by tjie plaintiff, Frank Reynolds, as receiver of Richard Worthington, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 20th day of January, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint upon the merits, with costs, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29th day of January, 1896, denying the plaintiff’s motion to vacate and set aside the said judgment as irregular and unauthorized and to declare the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
This is an action in equity, brought to set aside assignments of certain insurance policies upon the life of Richard Worthington, of whose property and effects the plaintiff is the receiver, which were payable to himself if he survived a certain period, and to his estate if he died prior thereto; also to impress a trust upon the proceeds of the policies or of the moneys- due thereon. Worthington having died before the period entitling him to receive the proceeds, the defendants Little and Margaret Worthington made claim to said policies and their proceeds. The insurance company,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bostwick v. . MenckNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Powell v. . WaldronNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Patrick v. . MetcalfNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Matter of Mayor, Etc., of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Metcalf v. Del ValleNew York Supreme Court · 1892
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- Sommer v. SommerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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