Becker v. Clark
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Osroe A. Clark, as administrator, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of March, 1917, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Davis, J.:
The action was brought against the Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati, Ohio,' on a policy for $5,000 on the life of Clark O. Simpson, payable to his estate. The plaintiff claimed under a written assignment executed by the assured. The administrator of the deceased, having made claim to the policy, was impleaded and the money was paid into court, and the contest is now between Miss Becker, the assignee of the policy, and the administrator of the assured.
The policy is dated April 20, 1915. The assignment is dated April 30, 1915. In the supplemental complaint it is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Elsberg v. SewardsNew York Supreme Court · 1892
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