Legal Opinion
Dougherty v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 30, 1933PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Malley, J.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States is defendant in twenty-six actions brought upon policies issued through its Russian branch between the years 1890 and 1911. Plaintiffs are either holders of such policies, beneficiaries or the assignees or administrators of the assureds or beneficiaries. Many of such plaintiffs are emigres, who have fled from Soviet *700Russia, and reside in western Europe. Others are residents and citizens of the newly created Baltic States of Latvia, Esthonia, Lithuania and Poland. In one case the assured died in exile and the beneficiary was a resident…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hay v. . Star Fire Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Cohen v. . N.Y. Mutual Life Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Dougherty v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesNew York Supreme Court · 1932
- Gilbert v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1933
3Cited by4 opinions
- Bollenback v. Continental Casualty Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1966
- Stefanowicz Corp. v. HarrisCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Goldberg Rudkowsky v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1933
- Klochkov v. Petrogradski Mejdunarodni Commercheski BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934