Archer v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered July 9, 1915, which affirmed an order of Special Term granting plaintiff’s motion for judgment in her favor upon the pleadings.
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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered July 9, 1915, which affirmed an order of Special Term granting plaintiff’s motion for judgment in her favor upon the pleadings. The following questions were certified: “1. Is the defense designated ‘ second ’ contained in the answer to the amended complaint herein sufficient in law upon the face thereof ? 2. Is the defense designated ‘ third ’ contained in the answer to the amended complaint herein sufficient in law upon the face thereof % 3. Is the defense designated…
1Opinion of the CourtCollin, J.
The action is to recover the sum payable to the plaintiff under the terms of a policy of the defendant insuring the life of Joseph D. Carroll. The policy forms. a part of the amended complaint, which in the ordinary form avers the issuance of the policy, the death of the insured, the making of due proof of the death, the refusal of the defendant to pay and the other requisite •formal facts. The policy was issued July 1, 1912, and, therefore, subsequent to the adoption of the statute hereinafter considered. The defense designated “ Second,” which we will first consider, averred that the…
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