Russell v. Pittsburgh Life & Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Cross-appeals by the plaintiff, William Hepburn Russell, and by the defendants, the Pittsburgh Life and Trust Company and another, from portions of an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 2d day of March,. 1909, overruling certain preliminary objections, granting an injunction and giving leave to the plaintiff to apply for an amendment providing for the appointment of a receiver.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J. :
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is and since December 15, 1890, has been a policyholder of the Washington Life Insurance *218Company. The policy insures the life of plaintiff! in the sum of $5,000 for the sole use of Ms wife and children for the term of Ms natural' life, with participation in profits as provided. The i complaint further alleges that the Washington Life Insurance Company is a LFew York corporation,. having a, capital stock of $500,000, incorporated in i860 ; that on December 31, 1908, . said defendant had in number about 28,000 policyholders; that plaintiff…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Greeff v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- People v. Security Life Insurance & Annuity Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Uhlman v. . New York Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Cohen v. . N.Y. Mutual Life Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
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- Clifford v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
- Garfield v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesNew York Supreme Court · 1956
- Silverman v. Pittsburgh Life & Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- Russell v. Washington Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910