Legal Opinion

Egan v. Supreme Council

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

Decided July 1, 1898PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, The Supreme Council, Catholic Benevolent Legion, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 6th day of April, 1898, upon the verdict of á jury, rendered by direction of the court for the amount of a policy of insurance, issued by the defendant upon the life of Michael Egan, deceased.

1Opinion of the Court

Woodward, J.:

Michael Egan, on the loth day of July, 1896, made an application for insurance to the defendant. This application, in so far as it is necessary for this decision, is as follows:

*246“ Having become acquainted with the objects of your Legion, I hereby- make application for 2d Grade membership in your Council, and do declare; upon my honor, that the. statements that I have made or shall make herein, and subscribed to, are each and every one of them true to the best of my knowledge and belief. * * * I reside at Perth Amboy, State of New Jersey. I was born on the-day of June, 1855, am…

2Cases cited3 opinions

Titus v. . Glens Falls Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
Fitch v. . American Popular Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
Wood v. Firemen's Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879

3Cited by3 opinions

Butler v. Supreme Council Catholic Benevolent LegionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
Jennings v. Supreme CouncilAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
Waltz v. Workmen's Sick & Death Benefit FundCity of New York Municipal Court · 1912