Legal Opinion
Fulton v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided December 15, 1892PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from judgment in favor of plaintiff entered on verdict of a jury. .The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtFitzsimons, J.
The defendant is a life insurance company; it employs agents who canvass for insurances for it. The one whose life is proposed for insurance, must sign the application for insurance, otherwise the company is not liable upon the policy issued in response to such application. The agent of the defendant is required to personally see and examine the proposed insured and satisfy himself of his identity. About March, 1888, the plaintiff, desiring to have the life of her father, Jacob C. Stoner, insured for her own benefit, made application for such insurance to defendant through one Walsh, who was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Roberts v. . ElyNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Fulton v. Metropolitan Life Ins.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1892
3Cited by2 opinions
- Holmes v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1963
- Mahoney v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1910