Klein v. Supreme Council of the Loyal Ass'n
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the City Court of the city of New York setting aside the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff and granting a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiff has recovered a judgment upon a claim that she was the beneficiary of her husband entitled to .receive from the defendant insurance upon her husband’s life in the sum of $1,000. The defense to the plaintiff’s claim was (a) that the plaintiff’s husband committed suicide and that under the by-laws of the defendant association no benefit was to be paid upon the death of "a member who should die by suicide; (6) that the plaintiff’s husband was a barkeeper and fraudulently concealed the fact from *220the defendant association; that the constitution and laws of the defendant association…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McClelland v. . Mutual Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Klein v. Supreme Council of Loyal Ass'nAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1915
3Cited by1 opinion
- Behnke v. Modern Brotherhood of AmericaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1926