Nelson v. Masonic Mutual Life Ass'n
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the plaintiff, Laura Adelaide Nelson, for a new trial upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance upon the'verdict of a jury in favor of the defendant, rendered by' direction of the court after a trial at ; the Kings County Trial Term on the 29th day of January, 1900.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, JT. :
William G. Nelson was the husband of the plaintiff in this action, and the latter is the beneficiary under a policy of insurance written by the defendant upon the life of Mr. Nelson, on or about the 1-lth day of December, 1896, for $5,000. The pleadings allege that on the 20th day of August, 1897, at the city of Brooklyn, said William G-. Nelson died; that his death was not caused by any of the matters excepted in said certificate of insurance, and that both he and the plaintiff had fulfilled all of the conditions of said policy on their part to be kept and performed. . The…
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