Acee v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtHubbs, P. J.
At the trial of this action to recover upon a life insurance policy the defendant was permitted to introduce the testimony of physicians who had attended the insured. They testified that she was suffering from heart and kidney disease *247long before and at the túne the policy in question was issued. The testimony was received over the objection of the plaintiff that it was incompetent and that the witnesses were incompetent under section 352 of the Civil Practice Act, formerly section 834 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which provides that a physican “ shall not be allowed to disclose any…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Archer v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Hethier v. . JohnsNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
- Meyer v. Supreme Lodge, Knights of PythiasNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Holden v. . Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Redmond v. . Industrial Benefit AssociationNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
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- Lynch v. Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1967
- Vecchio v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1928
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