Tillman v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Emma Tillman, from a judgment of the County Court of Albany county in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 4th day of May, 1891, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Landon, J.:
Cora Jones was the insured; the amount of the insurance was payable upon her death to “ her estate.” By the terms of the contract of insurance she had the right “ to change such beneficiary from time to time, with the consent of the company, by written notice to said company.”
March 17, 1896, at Albany, N. Y., Cora Jones executed in due form the paper necessary on her part to change the beneficiary from “ her estate ” to Emma Tillman, this plaintiff, and delivered it to one Coteman, a collector and solicitor for the defendant. He furnished her with the blank upon which she executed…
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