Liesny v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Sophia Liesny, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Oneida on the 31st day of October, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an •order entered in said clerk’s office on the 14th day of November, 1910, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes..
1Opinion of the Court
Robson, J.:
Plaintiff is the beneficiary named in a policy of insurance upon the life of her husband, Antonio Liesny, for the sum of $500, to be paid to her upon the death of the.insured.
The material question litigated at the trial was whether this policy had been by the defendant declared forfeited or lapsed on failure to pay the premium payable thereon September 30, 1908, following a notice mailed and addressed by the defendant to the insured, pursuant to the provisions of section 92 of the Insurance Law. (See Gen. Laws, chap. 38 [Laws of 1892, chap: 690], § 92, as amd. by Laws of 1906,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fischer v. . Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Fischer v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
3Cited by4 opinions
- Liesny v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- Hirsch v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944
- Seufert v. Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Ass'n of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- Roseberry v. Home Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1935