Pickett v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff,entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Cayuga on the 15th day of May, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 28th day of May, 1896, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hardin, P. J.:
On the 2.7th day of July, 1891, the defendant executed and delivered to. the plaintiff its policy of insurance upon the life of one Edward Fanning, "who was a brother of the plaintiff. During the lifetime of Edward Fanning the plaintiff paid to and tendered to the defendant the amounts by the provisions of the policy required to be paid, and the defendant, by its policy, promised to pay to the plaintiff, on the death of said Edward, if such death occurred after the expiration of one year from the issuing of the policy, the sum of $576. . He died on the 26th of March, 1893,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Grogan v. United States Industrial InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- Adams v. Roscoe Lumber Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Fogarty v. HookNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- Helwig v. Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1890
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