Thompson v. Travelers Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion for reargument of an appeal by the defendant, The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, from a. judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Chautauqua on the 5th day of January, 1921, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 7th day of January, 1921, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. (See 198 App. Div. 964.)
1Opinion of the Court
Hubbs, J.:
This action was brought to recover upon a life insurance policy in the sum of $10,000, issued upon the life of Elverton I. Howard. The beneficiary named in the policy was his wife, Elsie R. Howard. A. E. Backman was an agent of the defendant company at Westfield, N. Y. He solicited the insurance in question. He furnished the blank application on December 17, 1919. It was signed by Howard and the agent’s certificate was filled out and signed by Backman as agent. After the blank application was filled out it was delivered to Backman as agent, and was forwarded by him as agent to the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McClelland v. . Mutual Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Russell v. Prudential Insurance of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Ames v. Manhattan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Ames v. . Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Ames v. Manhattan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
3Cited by3 opinions
- Drilling v. . New York Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1922
- MacKelvie v. Mutual Ben. Life Ins. Co. of NewwarkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- Heine v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953