Legal Opinion

Goell v. United States Life Insurance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 9, 1943PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtTownley, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered after a trial of two actions, consolidated by order of the Supreme Court. The first was brought by Charles Goell, the plaintiff, in the Municipal Court, to enforce payments for disability allegedly due under a life insurance policy. The defendant insurance company brought a companion action in the Supreme Court for the equitable relief of reformation based on the claim that Goell had mispresented his age and that at the time of the disability, if any occurred, he. was beyond the age of sixty and, therefore, under the policy was not entitled to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. General Ceramics Co. v. Schenley Products Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
  2. Tieman v. Davies, Turner & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
  3. Campanaro v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1932
  4. Sanganetti v. Prudential Insurance of AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Goell v. United States Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
  2. Cusumanu v. Pitzer Trucking Co.New York Supreme Court · 1961
  3. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. The United States Life Insurance Company In The City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2024

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