Chase v. . Lord
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the, Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict. (Reported below, 16 Hun, 369.) This action was brought against defendants as executors of the will of Rufus L. Lord, deceased, to collect the amount of a policy issued by The Columbian Insurance Company, of which company the deceased was a stockholder.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the, Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict. (Reported below, 16 Hun, 369.) This action was brought against defendants as executors of the will of Rufus L. Lord, deceased, to collect the amount of a policy issued by The Columbian Insurance Company, of which company the deceased was a stockholder. Said company w(is organized as a joint stock company, in the city of Hew York, under the general insurance act of 1849 (chap. 308.) By the charter of the company its capital stock…
1Opinion of the CourtDanpokth, J.
In October, 1857, The Columbian Insurance Company was organized under the act of 1849, chap. 308, providing for the incorporation of insurance companies. On the first of February, 1865, the plaintiff procured a policy of insurance from that company upon the ship Eagle Wing, which was soon after lost and thereby, as is conceded, a claim arose in his favor against 'the company. In January, 1866, the company was dissolved, and its affairs placed in the hands of a receiver, by whom the plaintiff was paid a portion of his claim. The defendant’s testator was a stockholder in the company during all…
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