Legal Opinion

Sneck v. Travellers' Insurance

New York Supreme Court

Decided June 21, 1895PublishedCited by 32 opinions

Appeal from circuit court, Monroe county. Action by Harry Sneck against the Travellers’ Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., on a policy of insurance. Judgment was entered on a verdict directed by the court in favor of plaintiff for $110, and plaintiff appeals. For former report, see 30 N. Y. Supp. 881.

1Opinion of the CourtWerner, J.

This action was brought upon a policy of insurance issued by the defendant to the plaintiff, by the terms of which the latter was to receive a weekly indemnity of $10 per week, for a period not exceeding 26 weeks, for bodily injuries "producing disabilities, and resulting from causes enumerated in the policy. It was further provided in. said policy that, “if loss by severance of one entire hand or foot” should result from such injuries alone, the insured should, within 90 days, be entitled to receive one-third of the principal sum of $2,000, named in the policy, in lieu of such weekly…

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hoffman v. Ætna Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
  2. Darrow v. . Family Fund SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  3. Herrman v. . Merchants' Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1880
  4. Sheanon v. Pacific Mutual Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890

3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Muse v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
  2. Morgan v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaWashington Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Fishburn v. Burlington & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  4. James B. Francis, Jr. v. Ina Life Insurance Company of New York, a Cigna Company, A/K/A LiconyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
  5. Scott M Cain v. Waste Management IncMichigan Supreme Court · 2005

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