Tennant v. . Dudley
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made March 28, 1893, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict, and also affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. This action was brought to recover moneys received by defendant on a certificate or policy’ of insurance issued by the Equitable Aid Union upon the life of William H. Eenouard, deceased.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made March 28, 1893, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict, and also affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. This action was brought to recover moneys received by defendant on a certificate or policy’ of insurance issued by the Equitable Aid Union upon the life of William H. Eenouard, deceased. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. It was error to admit and receive in evidence under the defendant’s objection the…
1Opinion of the CourtBartlett, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment and order of the General Term of the fifth department affirming the judgment and order below denying a new trial.
The plaintiffs intestate, William H. Renouard, in December, 1886, was the owner of a beneficiary certificate, or policy of insurance, upon his life, issued to him by the Equitable Aid Union, a mutual insurance society, by which the society agreed to pay to the insured, at the time of his death, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars.
Renouard was at this time indebted to the defendant, and procured the certificate or policy to be taken up and a now-one…
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