Legal Opinion
Bible v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 2, 1931PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cakdozo, Ch. J.
The defendant issued two policies of insurance, each in the sum of $400, upon the life of Anna Bible, payable at her death to her husband, the plaintiff.
Anna Bible was a patient in Hudson River State Hospital, a sufferer from a “ manic depressive psychosis.” An agent for the defendant visited her in the hospital and procured her signature to applications for insurance. Later he handed her the policies in the presence of her husband, received payment of the first premium, and at weekly intervals thereafter collected additional premiums at the hospital for a period of three…
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- Wood v. . American Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Forward v. Continental InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Drilling v. . New York Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1922
- McCormack v. Security Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
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