Legal Opinion

Coyne v. Bowe

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 15, 1897PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Margaret M. Conroy, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant Mary Ann Cecelia Bowe, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 2d day of April, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, except from so much of said judgment as dismisses the complaint of Margaret Coyne.

1Opinion of the Court

Hatch, J.:

An action having been begun against the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of the State of New York, to recover the sum of $2,000 upon a beneficiary certificate issued by the order to Edward Conroy, it admitted liability to some one, and paying the. money into court it procured the substitution, by order of interpleader, of the defendants. • Upon the trial the plaintiff, being advised that she was without legal interest in the fund, withdrew from the action, and the complaint was dismissed. This left the contention to remain between the defendants.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Luhrs v. . LuhrsNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  2. Thomas v. . ThomasNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  3. Cullin v. Supreme Tent of Knights of Maccabees of the WorldNew York Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Armstrong v. WarrenNew York Supreme Court · 1894

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Kimball v. LesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  2. Hughes v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
  3. Kemper v. Modern Woodmen of AmericaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
  4. Stemler v. StemlerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Elliott v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1920

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