Equitable Trust Co. v. Moss
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The Equitable Trust Company of New York, from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 29th day of June, 1911, affirming a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York in favor of the defendant, entered upon the decision of the court dismissing the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
The defendant, who was nineteen years of age at the time, applied to the Equitable Life Assurance Society for a policy of insurance on his life for the benefit of his mother, and, in consideration of the policy received by him, signed and delivered to Archibald 0. Haynes, the general agent of the insurance society, the following paper:
“Mr. Archibald C. Haynes,
“No. 25 Broad Street, N. Y.:
“Dear Sir.—I hereby acknowledge having received from Mr. Robert D. Sullivan policy No. 2,043,089, being for $2,500.00 on my life in the Equitable Life Assurance Society. You are authorized and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Hamm v. Prudential InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910