Peck v. Washington Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Washington Life Insurance Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 29th day of Hay, 1903, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Queens County Trial Term, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J. :
This action is brought to recover $2,500 upon a certain life insurance policy, issued upon the life of one William R. Plyer, this policy having been assigned to the plaintiff. It appears that Edward M. Peck, the husband of the plaintiff, was under contract with the New Tork and Manhattan Life Insurance Companies, and his wife, for convenience, entered into a contract with the defendant as its agent. The answer, in its eighth separate defense, alleges that “ the plaintiff, by agreement bearing date August 27, 1900, was duly appointed a general agent of the defendant £ for the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Spencer v. Citizens' Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Ames v. Manhattan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
3Cited by1 opinion
- Claim of Lipshitz v. CharlesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929