Bayreuther v. Reinisch
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtDore, J.
The issue on this appeal is whether an oral agreement irrevocably designating plaintiff sole beneficiary of an employee’s interest at his death in the New York City Employees’ Retirement Fund is enforcible against beneficiaries designated in writing by the employee. Plaintiff, alleged oral designee, is not related by blood or marriage to the deceased employee. Defendants, the beneficiaries designated in writing, are the employee’s brother and sister-in-law.
The first cause of action alleges that prior to September 1, 1938, plaintiff at the request of Richard A. Reinisch, the employee, rendered…
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