New York Life Insurance v. Hollender

38 Cal.2d 73 (1951)

237 P.2d 510

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant,

v.

LEO HOLLENDER, Respondent.

Docket No. L.A. 21561.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 21, 1951.

Meserve, Mumper & Hughes and C. Avery Crary for Appellant.

Newlin, Holley, Sandmeyer & Tackabury, Keesling & Keesling, Henry H. Childress, George W. Tackabury and Hudson B. Cox, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

Leo M. Zinner, Walley & Davis and Milton Davis for Respondent.

SPENCE, J.

Plaintiff brought this action to reform an insurance policy issued on the life of defendant Leo Hollender. Specifically, it sought a…