Legal Opinion
Manhattan Life Insurance v. Schwartz
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 1, 1937PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHubbs, J.
Plaintiff, on January 20, 1930, issued a policy on the life of defendant Aaron Schwartz in the sum of $15,000, which contained disability benefit and double indemnity accident provisions. Payments of disability benefits were to be $150 monthly. In October, 1931, the said defendant claimed disability benefits. Plaintiff then discovered that statements in the application for the policy were false in the following particulars:
1. That he stated that the only insurance in force on his life was a policy of the New York Life Insurance Company for $25,000, with double indemnity and disability…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Steinberg v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Stroehmann v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
3Cited by16 opinions
- Ruhlin v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Westchester County Park Commission v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Walsh v. Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1939
- Ruhlin v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States v. KushmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.