Greenfield v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the the decision of the court at Special Term. This action was originally brought by the plaintiff, as administratrix of John GreenfieJd, deceased, against defendant, The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, upon two policies of insurance upon the life of John Greenfield.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the the decision of the court at Special Term. This action was originally brought by the plaintiff, as administratrix of John GreenfieJd, deceased, against defendant, The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, upon two policies of insurance upon the life of John Greenfield. The other defendants are the plaintiff, in her individual capacity as wife of John Greenfield, the mother and children of John Greenfield, and the son of the…
1Opinion of the CourtGrover, J.
I think the action originally was properly brought by the plaintiff in her representative capacity against .the insurance company. By the policy, the defendant undertook to pay to the assured, his executors and administrators, the sum of $3,000, ninety days after due notice and proof of the •death of the assured, during the continuance and before the termination of the policy, $2,000 of said sum insured being for the express benefit of Jane, the wife, and $1,000 for Agnes, the mother of the assured. This was a contract made by the .assured for the benefit of his wife and mother. The…
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