Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp. v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtSherman, J.
Insurance policies upon the life of William H. Baker, plaintiff’s president, were issued by a number of insurance companies in the aggregate sum of about $1,000,000, under which plaintiff is the beneficiary. This is one of ten equity suits, alike in substance, instituted by plaintiff in which relief is sought by way of injunction, restraining the insurers from proceeding with suits in the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey and in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in which they, as complainants, seek rescission of the policies of life insurance, of which plaintiff is the…
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