Gleason v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 8, 1907, which affirmed an interlocutory judgment of Special Term overruling a demurrer to the answer. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 8, 1907, which affirmed an interlocutory judgment of Special Term overruling a demurrer to the answer. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. There is no recognized principle of law upon which the pendency of the Vermont action or judgment entered therein against the defendant can be held to be a defense to the plaintiff’s cause of action or a bar to the prosecution of this action. (Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U. S. 714.) The Vermont…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Bbien, J.
The questions presented by this appeal arise upon a demurrer by the plaintiff to the defendant’s supplemental answer. The ground stated in the demurrer is that the answer was insufficient in Lw upon the face thereof. The demurrer has been overruled in the courts below, and from such decision the plaintiff comes here. The sufficiency of the answer as a defense to the action must be determined solely upon what appears upon the face of the pleadings. The complaint states that on or about the 3d day of September, 1891, the defendant insured the life of one Harrison, who resided in the state of…
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