Legal Opinion
Sommer v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 21, 1939PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The defendant in 1930 issued a policy insuring the life of Morris Sommer in the sum of $7,000. The plaintiff was the wife of the insured and was named in the policy as the beneficiary. Failure to pay the semiannual premium due on March 11, 1935, caused the policy to lapse; but it was reinstated upon the written application of the insured in which the insured stated: “ For the purpose of inducing the company to reinstate said policy, I hereby declare that I am now in sound health and that within the past two years * * * I have had no disease, injury, or impairment of health; that I have not…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Moulor v. American Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Phoenix Life Ins. Co. v. RaddinSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Eastern District Piece Dye Works, Inc. v. Travelers InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Cushman v. United States Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Travelers Insurance v. PomerantzNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Bronx Savings Bank v. WeigandtNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Marvin Stern, and Cross-Appellant v. Satra Corporation and Satra Consultant Corporation, and Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. BurnoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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