Legal Opinion

Hoffman v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

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

Decided December 10, 1909PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, the Metropolitan Life Insurance.Conn ■pany, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city-of. Hew York, borough of' Brooklyn, in favor of the plaintiff, rendered on the 3d day of June, 1909.

1Opinion of the Court

Burr, J.:

On the 7th of January, 1907, the defendant issued its policy by. which it agreed, subject to the conditions therein specified, to pay to the plaintiff the sum of $207 upon receipt of proofs of the death of Henry Gr. Harris, “ made in the manner, to the extent and upon the blanks required” in said policy. One of the conditions corn tained in the policy was that it should be void if the insured before its date had “ been attended by a physician for any serious disease or complaint; or has had before said date any ■ * * *' disease of ' the * * * kidneys.” Another condition of the policy…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. O'Reilly v. . Guardian Mutual Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
  2. Allen v. Dutchess County Mutual InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
  3. People Ex Rel. Sears v. . TobeyNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
  4. Glazer v. Home InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Kelly v. St. Michael's Roman Catholic ChurchAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
  2. Beals v. HirschAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
  3. Hoffman v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
  4. Anderson v. Fidelity Co-Operative Fire InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1921
  5. Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators & Paperhangers of America v. BartonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1910

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