Legal Opinion

Hoffman v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 30, 1910PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, from a judgment of the Municipal Court' of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the plaintiff, rendered on the 28th day of April, 1910.

1Opinion of the Court

Burr, J.:

Henry G. Harris died July 27, 1907.. In January of the same year defendant issued its policy by which it agreed, subject to the conditions therein specified, to .pay to plaintiff the sum of $207 upon receipt of proofs.of his death. A previous judgment in favor of plaintiff was reversed for failure to show that these were fur- ■ nislied in accordance with the terms of the policy, and particularly because the paper which was furnished as proof of death was incomplete, and evidence offered by defendant tending to make the same complete was erroneously- excluded. - Upon such paper, in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hoffman v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Denaro v. Prudential InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
  2. Hoffman v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
  3. Devonshire v. Stubbs, New York County Courts1930

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