Eisenbach v. Mutual Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Henrietta Eisenbach, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the lYth day of April, 1914, granting defendant’s motion for an order requiring plaintiff to bring in her two children as parties defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action to recover the cash surrender value of a policy of insurance issued by the defendant on the 22d day of December, 1892, on the life of Hany Eisenbach, the husband of the plaintiff. It is a twenty-year endowment policy, and the twenty annual premiums have been paid. The policy provided that it was issued on a twenty-year distribution plan, and that at the expiration of twenty years it would be credited with its distributive share of surplus apportioned at that time. It was expressly provided that at the expiration of twenty years the policy might be surrendered,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Valton v. . the National Fund Life Assurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Walsh v. Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Gallagher v. . NicholsNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Travelers' Insurance v. HealeyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Travelers' Insurance Company v. . HealeyNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Estate of PastoreNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
- Ecker v. MyerCity of New York Municipal Court · 1922
- Penn Mutual Life Ins. v. TaggartCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1930