Cecilian Operating Corp. v. Berkwit

Section 55-a of the Insurance Law does not apply to the policies of the Travelers Insurance Company issued during the year 1918, in view of the fact that the indebtedness to the plaintiff was incurred prior to the enactment of that statute. (Matter of Messinger, 29 Fed. [2d] 158; certiorari denied, 279 U. S. 855; Matter of Firestone, 2 Fed. Supp. 96; Matter of Sturdevant, 29 Fed. [2d] 795.) The case of Addiss v. Selig (147 Misc. 731; affd., 240 App. Div. 829) has no application here. In that case the court expressly distinguished the situation before it from that presented in the Messinger…