Sangunitto v. Goldey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, James J. Sangunitto, Senior, as administrator, etc., of James J. Sangunitto, Junior, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant Annie Howell Goldey, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 6th day of March, 1903, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, dismissing the plaintiff’s -complaint upon the merits as against said defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
James J. Sangunitto, Jr., married the defendant in New Jersey in December, 1896. In March, 1901, he obtained from the New York Life Insurance Company a policy on his life, which contained the following paragraphs:
“The.said Insurance Company agrees to pay the sum of $62-2.02 to Anna, wife of the insured, or to such beneficiary duly designated at the Home office of the Company in the City of New York. * * *
“ Change of beneficiary: The insured may at any time during the continuance of this policy, provided this policy is not then assigned, change the beneficiary or beneficiaries…
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