In re Sweeney
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Jeremiah E. Barnes from art order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Orange on the 24th day of February, 1903, directing the appellant to deliver a policy of' life insurance to "the respondent’s attorneys.
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, J. :
"This is an application by James Sweeney, the beneficiary ini á certain policy of insurance, to compel B--, an attorney, tó deliver" to the petitioner the policy in which he is named as beneficiary. Thomas J. Sweeney, the petitioner’s brother, was the insured, and on the twenty-eighth day of August sustained injuries in a collision with a railroad train, from which he died the next day: The" coroner took possession of the policy of insurance, together with cértain other effects belonging to the deceased, and on the secoiid day of September delivered the policy to the appellant. A…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In the Matter of H____, an AttorneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Maxwell v. CottleNew York Supreme Court · 1893
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re Edward Ney Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906