Legal Opinion

Wachtel v. Harrison

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided February 15, 1914PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from that part of a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, second district, which directs that the proceeds of policy No. 4145182 of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company upon the life of Mary Harrison, together with the mortuary bonus thereon, be paid to the plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.

The plaintiff sued the insurance company upon three separate policies of insurance upon the life *77of Mary Harrison, deceased. The defendant Joseph Harrison made a demand upon the company for payment of the amount due upon the policies and was by order of the court interpleaded, and the action was contested between him and the plaintiff, the insurance company having paid the amount due into court. Judgment was granted for the plaintiff for the full amount, with costs, and this appeal is taken from that part of the judgment which directs the amount due upon policy No. 4145182 to be paid to the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Garner v. . Germania Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
  2. Ruoff v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  3. Cohen v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In re HillsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1924
  2. Smith, Admx. v. MassieIndiana Court of Appeals · 1931
  3. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of ShanleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1916
  4. Bragdon v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaIndiana Court of Appeals · 1941
  5. In re Proceedings to Discover Property Alleged to Belong to the Estate of ReillyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1920

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