Legal Opinion
Barton v. National Life Assurance Co.
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided October 12, 1977PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bernard Klieger, J.
Delores Barton died a resident of Queens County, New York City, in February, 1974. Limited letters of administration were issued by the Kings County Surrogate’s Court on May 13, 1974. The deceased’s heirs are two children, Andre Barton, who is an infant, and Sandra Barton, both residents of Kings County.
The estate is the beneficiary of a life insurance policy issued by defendant on the life of the deceased in 1965 in Jamaica, where she then resided. The defendant is a foreign insurance company organized under the laws of the Dominion of Canada, with a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Whitney v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Kirke La Shelle Co. v. Paul Armstrong Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Hauenstein v. LynhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Miller v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Barton v. National Life Assurance Co. of CanadaAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1978