Brick v. . Campbell
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of Hew York, entered upon an order made March 7, 1888, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The policies were not assignable.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of Hew York, entered upon an order made March 7, 1888, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The policies were not assignable. (Laws of 1840, chap. 80; Laws of 1850, chap. 187; Laws of 1862, chap. 70; Laws of 1866, chap. 656; Laws of 1870, chap. 277; Laws of 1873, chap. 821; Eadie v. Slimmon, 26 N. Y. 15; Barry v. E. L. Ins. Co., 59 id. 587; Barry v. Brune, 71…
1Opinion of the CourtPotter, J.
The action was brought by the plaintiff, the wife of E. A. Brick, and still living when the action was brought and was tried, to compel the reassignment to her of five policies of insurance issued upon the life of her husband for her benefit, and which had been assigned by her (her husband joining in the instrument of assignment) to the defendant for the purpose of securing and paying liabilities of the plaintiff’s husband to the defendant. The grounds for such reassignment as set forth in the complaint are that the liabilities had been satisfied and that the plaintiff had no right or power…
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