McCluskey v. National Life Ass'n
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Washington county. Action by Sarah A. McCluskey against the National Life Association of Hartford on a policy of life insurance. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered on a trial before the court without a jury, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtHerrick, J.
The plaintiff was the beneficiary of a policy of life insurance, issued to Thomas McCluskey. The defendant is a foreign insurance company, having its principal or home office at Hartford, Conn. It seems to have had no agent at Whitehall, in this state, where the said Thomas McCluskey resided. On the 10th day of September, 1892, the defendant mailed a notice from Hartford to the said McCluskey, notifying him that his bimonthly premium of $7.90 was due and payable on or before the 1st day of October. Inclosed in the notice was an envelope directed to the defendant, which the assured was…
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