Cross v. Security Trust & Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Security Trust and 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 Westchester on the 23d day of December, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 17th day of January; 1900, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
Clarence B. Hartough was a special agent of the Prudential Insurance Company in January, 1899. He had been in negotiation with George W- Cross for the purpose of writing a policy on his life. The latter had made an application to the Prudential Company and had been rejected upon the medical examination. Hartough then represented to Cross that he could have the policy written by the defendant upon the medical examination which had been rejected by the Prudential Company, the latter negotiation taking place through the medium of letters, Cross, a traveling salesman, being upon the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lamb v. Prudential InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Shay v. National Benefit SocietyNew York Supreme Court · 1889
- Magner v. Mutual Life Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
3Cited by1 opinion
- Carr v. Prudential Insurance of AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906