Golden v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Eliza Golden, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 25tli day of November, 1898, granting the defendant’s motion to substitute John Nolan, as executor, etc., of Mary E. Nolan, deceased, in its place as a party defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
This action was brought against the defendant to recover upon two policies of insurance on the life of Mary E. Nolan, the plaintiff claiming to be the beneficiary named in the policies. It appears from the evidence that, at the time the insurance was taken out, the assured informed the agent that she wished to have the amount of the insurance applied to the payment of her funeral expenses, naming the plaintiff as the person to whom the benefit should be paid. She subsequently married and took some steps towards substituting her husband as beneficiary, which, however, was…
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