Legal Opinion
Strang v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 21, 1933PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrouch, J.
The defendant on February 13, 1928, issued two industrial policies on the life of Bertha Strang. Its contract was to pay “ to the executors or administrators oí the Insured ” the amount of the insurance “ immediately upon receipt of due proof of the death of the Insured during the continuance of this Policy.” But there was also a provision that “ This policy shall not take effect if the Insured die before the date hereof, or if on such date the Insured be not in sound health, but in either event the premiums paid hereon, if any, shall be returned.”
Bertha Strang died on January 16, 1929. The…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Church v. . HowardNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Buffalo Loan, Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. Knights Templar & Masonic Mutual Aid Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Mooers v. WhiteNew York Court of Chancery · 1822
- Whiton v. . SnyderNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- McCarthy v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Kirk v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1935
- Howell v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. of BostonNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Sanderson v. Postal Life Ins. Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1936
- McCaffry v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1939
- Wachtel v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
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