Bradley v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the- office of the clerk of the county of Orange on the-17th day ,of April, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The action was brought upon an insurance policy issued in August, 1891, upon the life of Patrick Bradley, payable to his wife. At the same time three other policies were issued to members of the family; the weekly premiums upon the several policies were as follows : Bradley, Ed. B., five cents; Bradley, Mary, five cents; Patrick Bradley, ten cents; Winifred Bradley, ten cents; total, thirty cents.
Bradley died November 17, 1896. The premiums were payable • weekly and the premium receipt book provided that “ all policies upon which premiums are over four weeks in arrears are out…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hanna v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Spencer v. Citizens' Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Chinnery v. United States Industrial InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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