Legal Opinion
Eastern District Piece Dye Works, Inc. v. Travelers Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 9, 1923PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hiscock, Ch. J.
The action is brought to recover on an insurance policy issued by the defendant upon the application of one Leóntine Klein (and another whose part is immaterial) upon the life of said Klein and payable on proof of death to the plaintiff, of which she was the principal officer. The application was dated June •24, 1919, the policy was issued September 4 of the same year and Mrs. Klein died November 26, 1919, as the result, of a major surgical operation.
The defendant refused to pay the policy and when this suit was brought to recover thereon interposed two defenses, one of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Union Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Koehler v. . AdlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Brown v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
- Cushman v. United States Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Rawls v. . American Mutual Life Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
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3Cited by78 opinions
- Lazard Freres & Co., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. Protective Life Insurance Company, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Geer v. Union Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Michigan National Bank-Oakland v. American Centennial InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- Minsker v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
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