Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Schmidt
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 19, 1949PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtConway, J.
On March 24,1945, a policy of life insurance was issued in this State to one Schmidt. In order to conform to the mandate of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 155 of the Insurance Law, the issuing insurance company included in the policy, verbatim, the statutory provision regarding incontestability, viz., “ * * * This Policy shall be incontestable after it has been in force during the lifetime of the Insured for a period of two years from its date of issue, except for nonpayment of premiums * * *.” (Emphasis supplied.)
On March 24, 1947, the insurance company commenced this action for…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Tismer v. . New York Edison Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Franklin v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
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