Thomas v. Masons' Fraternal Accident Ass'n of America
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Masons’ Fraternal' Accident Association of America, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Oneida on the 6th day of February, 1901, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Oneida Trial Term before the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The plaintiff was the wife of one Rees E. Thomas, a lawyer, residing at Utica in the county of Oneida. He had an accident insurance policy issued by the defendant association, by which the *23amount of the indemnity was to be paid to the plaintiff. Thomas died from the effects of a gunshot wound on the 27th day of January, 1900. All the necessary steps were taken by the plaintiff to perfect her claim against the defendant upon the policy of insurance, and upon the failure of the defendant to pay according to its terms, she brought this action to recover the sum of $5,000, that being…
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