Cohen v. . N.Y. Mutual Life Insurance Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of New York, entered upon an order affirming order of Special Term sustaining demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of New York, entered upon an order affirming order of Special Term sustaining demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint. The complaint alleged in substance that defendant was a corporation, organized under the laws of the State of New York; that on the 2d of April, 1849, in consideration of $150 paid them by plaintiff, and of annual premiums of that amount, to be paid thereafter, it executed and issued to her a policy of insurance upon the life of her husband, Octavus Cohen, in the amount of $5,000, for the term of his natural…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
A decision of this appeal has been delayed at the request of parties to other actions pending in this court, like in character in some respects to this, that before the questions involved should be decided, their appeals might be heard.
The importance of the questions at issue induced the court to listen to the request, and this case was substantially re-argued, with Sands v. The New York Life Ins. Co., in December last. (Post page, 626.)
The legal status of citizens of States at war, and the relation they mutually occupy, as well as the effect of a state of war upon contracts and obligations…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wolfe v. . HowesNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- The Rapid, Perry, MasterSupreme Court of the United States · 1814
- Hodsdon v. Guardian Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Kershaw v. KelseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Francis v. Ocean Insurance Co.New York Supreme Court · 1826
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3Cited by73 opinions
- Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Burnet v. WellsSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Ruddock v. Detroit Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1920
- People v. Security Life Insurance & Annuity Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879
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