Legal Opinion

Schnurman v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

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

Decided June 17, 1938Published

1Opinion of the Court

Action to recover disability benefits under a policy of insurance. Order of the Appellate Term reversing judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Brooklyn, First District, in favor of the defendant, and granting a new trial, unanimously affirmed. Pursuant to defend*893ant’s stipulation, judgment absolute is awarded to the plaintiff, with costs in all courts. The fact of total and permanent disability is conceded. A defense was interposed that plaintiff’s true age established that he was over sixty at the time disability occurred and, therefore, was not entitled under…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Johannessen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance v. TisdaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  3. Campanaro v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1932
  4. Claim of Johansen v. Staten Island Shipbuilding Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1936

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