Boylan v. Prudential Insurance
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the justice of the Ninth District Court, in favor of-the plaintiff for $98, besides the costs in an action upon a life insurance policy.
1Opinion of the CourtDaly, P. J.
In this case-two questions of fact arose upon the trial: (1) Was the application for the policy signed by,the insured, or was it the act of the company’s agent; and (2), was. there a false representation in.it touching thq health of the' deceased? As to the first question, there was. very satisfactory evidence that the agent of the insurance company not only filled up the blanks'in the application, but signed it in the- name of the insured, and that the insured made no declarations whatever, and did not know of any. The case is like Bernard v. United Life Ins. Assn., 17 Misc. Rep. 115; 39 N.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hanna v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Goldschmidt v. . Mutual Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Bernard v. United Life InsuranceAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1896
- Phillips v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1890
- Bernard v. United Life InsuranceNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1895
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Askey v. New York Life InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1918