Leonard v. . Harney
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of tlie Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered August 16, 1901, reversing a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term and directing judgment for plaintiff. 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 tlie Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered August 16, 1901, reversing a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term and directing judgment for plaintiff. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The learned trial justice correctly construed the words “ legal representatives ” as they are found in the policy under review, by giving to those words their ordinary signification. (Sulz v. M. R. F. L. Assn., 145 N. Y. 563; Dannhauser v.…
1Opinion of the CourtCullen, J.
The Provident Savings Life Assurance Society in 1887 issued to William A. Harney, deceased, an insurance policy on his life whereby o.n proof of death it promised to. pay “ to William A. Harney (the beneficiary under this policy) or to the legal representatives or assigns of said beneficiary ” the sum of ten thousand dollars. In the application for the policy in answer to the question “ name in. full of the beneficiary for whose benefit the insurance is applied for,” Harney wrote “ to whom I may direct in my will.” He subsequently assigned this policy as collateral security for the payment of…
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