Reynolds v. Ætna Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The -¿Etna Life Insurance Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant insurance company for the sum of $5,676.28 and costs, and in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant Little, as receiver, and Margaret Worthington jointly with the defendant insurance company, for the costs of the action, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 4th day of November, 1897, upon the…
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Appeal by the defendant, The -¿Etna Life Insurance Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant insurance company for the sum of $5,676.28 and costs, and in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant Little, as receiver, and Margaret Worthington jointly with the defendant insurance company, for the costs of the action, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 4th day of November, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, as amended by an order made at the Kings County…
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J. :
In May and August of the year 1882 the .Etna Life Insurance Company, a foreign corporation doing-business in this State, issued two policies of insurance for $5,000 each upon the life of Richard Worthington, payable to himself at the end of twenty years, or, in-the event of his death, to his estate. Subsequently, and in 1885, the said insurance company issued another policy upon the life of Richard Worthington, payable to his wife, on the same terms as the other policies. This latter policy is not involved in the present action, except in an incidental way, and is mentioned here…
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