Legal Opinion

King v. . Van Vleck

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 24, 1888PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made April 1Y, 1886, which afiirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. (Reported below, 40 Hun, 68.) The nature of the action and the material facts are stated in the opinion.

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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 April 1Y, 1886, which afiirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. (Reported below, 40 Hun, 68.) The nature of the action and the material facts are stated in the opinion. The mortgagor having failed to pay his loan at maturity, his legal title to the policy was extinguished, and an action at law could not thereafter he maintained by the mortgagor, or his personal representatives, to recover the property or any part thereof. (Bragleman v. Dave, 69 N.…

1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.

The material facts as established by the evidence-in this action are as follows: On the 13th day of August, 1868, Sidney B; Bling procured from the Connecticut Life-Insurance Company a policy of insurance upon his life for $2,000, payable upon the occurrence of his death to his. executors or administrators. On the 18th day of March, 1879, King mortgaged the policy to the defendant, to secure-the payment of $500, and interest in one year from the date of the mortgage. King died on the 22d of October, 1882, leaving a will, by which he bequeathed to the plaintiff, his. wife, and to his mother,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Cope v. . WheelerNew York Court of Appeals · 1869

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Simpson v. . Foundation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
  2. Indianapolis Morris Plan Corp. v. KarlenNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
  3. Schnitzer v. Fruehauf Trailer Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
  4. Kaminski v. ScheferAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  5. First Westchester National Bank v. New England InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1960

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