Alexander v. Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 24, 1921, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint at the close of plaintiff’s case for failure to prove performance of the executory part of the consideration, renewed at the close of the whole case, should have been granted.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 24, 1921, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint at the close of plaintiff’s case for failure to prove performance of the executory part of the consideration, renewed at the close of the whole case, should have been granted. (Thorp v. Thorp, 12 Mod. 455; 2 Williston on Cont. 1293, 1294, § 671; Rosenthal Paper Co. v. Nat. Folding Box Co., 226 N. Y. 313; Gail v. Gail, 127 App. Div. 892; Glenn v. Rossler,…
1Opinion of the CourtMcLaughlin, J.
On the 6th of November, 1888, the defendant as party of the first part, James W. Alexander, party of the second part, and his wife, the plaintiff, as party of the third part, entered into a written contract by the terms of‘which the defendant agreed to pay to Mrs. Alexander, after the death of Mr. Alexander, an annuity of $18,000 during her natural life. Mr. Alexander died September 21, 1915. The defendant refused to pay the annuity specified or to recognize in any way the validity of the contract, and thereupon this action was brought to recover installments alleged to be due thereunder.
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