De Frece v. National Life Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme-Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order-made May 18, 1892, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict directed by the court. This was an action upon three installment life insurance-bonds issued by defendant to Benjamin De Frece, plaintiff’s, intestate. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme-Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order-made May 18, 1892, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict directed by the court. This was an action upon three installment life insurance-bonds issued by defendant to Benjamin De Frece, plaintiff’s, intestate. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The premium notice mailed to the insured under the laws of New York (Chap. 341, Laws of 1876, as amended), requiring life insurance companies doing business in this state to mail…
1Opinion of the CourtMaynard, J.
The defendant, a life insurance company incorporated under the laws of Vermont, insured the plaintiff’s intestate upon what is known as the installment bond plan. The contract on its part consisted of a promise to pay the insured one thousand dollars at the expiration of twenty years from the date of the instrument, or, if he died before that time, to pay a like sum to his assigns within ninety days after satisfactory proof of death, deducting all indebtedness of the parties in interest to the company incurred on account of the bond, with the residue, if any, of the year’s installment. The…
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