Legal Opinion
Donald W. Maloney as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Eastern Footwear Corporation v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 23, 1959No. 25333_1PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINCKS, Circuit Judge.
The trustee in bankruptcy of Eastern Footwear Corporation brought this action to recover upon an insurance policy issued to Eastern, prior to its bankruptcy, upon the life of one of its officers, James J. Calderazzo. The undisputed facts present this single issue, ' viz., whether the defendant insurance company, by failure to comply with the notice provisions of § 151 of the New York Insurance Law with respect to premiums due and defaulted in November of 1953, prevented the policy from lapsing during the year following the default, the insured having died within that…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Fairbanks v. . SargentNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Spencer v. Standard Chemicals & Metals Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1924
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- Imbrey v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Phelan v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Alan B. Miller, Trustee in Bankruptcy of American Ibc Corp., Bankrupt v. Wells Fargo Bank International Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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- Pearl-Wick Corp. v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance (In Re Pearl-Wick Corp.)District Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Aini v. Sun Taiyang Co., Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1997
- King v. Tuxedo Enterprises, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1997
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