Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. McCarthy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
This action is in equity and the appeal is from an order denying defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, it appearing from the complaint that the plaintiff has an adequate remedy at law. The defendant is entitled to a jury trial and the plaintiff cannot foreclose a jury trial by an action in equity to rescind the contract without alleging and showing special circumstances which would show that the relief which it seeks by its action in equity would not be good as a defense to an action…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Town of Venice v. . WoodruffNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
3Cited by2 opinions
- Greenberg v. Prudential Insurance of AmericaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
- Union Cent. Life Ins. v. SobelsonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1942