Schwartz v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

Action to recover on a policy of insurance for total and permanent disability and to recover a premium paid under protest. Judgment of the City Court of Mount Vernon, in favor of plaintiff, entered on the verdict of a jury, and order in so far as it denies defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial, reversed on the law and the facts and a new trial ordered, with costs to abide the event. It was error to instruct the jury that the testimony of the private detectives should be looked upon with suspicion and distrust. While in certain divorce actions the courts have given…