Legal Opinion
Anonymous
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 15, 1826PublishedCited by 6 opinions
On motion that an argument take preference on the calendar ;
1Opinion of the Court
The Court, _ . ,. r . decided that a suit upon a policy ot msur-anee against an incorporated insurance company, was not entitled to preference within the 4th section of the “ Act x to prevent fraudulent bankruptcies by incorporated companies,” &c. passed April 21, 1825, (sess. 48, ch. 325;) a policy not being a contract, note or other evidence of debt, within the meaning of the statute. They said it meant some instrument which is, in itself, evidence of debt; as a note, bill of exchange or bond, 8tc.
2Cited by6 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. Universal Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Hankinson v. PageU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1887
- N.Y.L. Ins. Co. v. . Universal L. Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Trepagnier & Bros. v. RoseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Storer v. Times Print. & Pub. Co.New York Supreme Court · 1889
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