Legal Opinion
Brown v. Travelers Insurance
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided December 27, 1935PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, J.
This is an action to recover $3,000 upon a policy of life insurance. The assured died in June, 1935. The action is brought by his widow, the beneficiary named in the policy. Plaintiff and defendant both move for summary judgment.
The controversy must be determined as a matter of law, for there are no material facts in issue.
The policy was written in 1922 and called for the payment of an annual premium of $138.06 on June nineteenth of each year, for a period of twenty years, or until the prior death of the assured. It contained, inter alia, the following provisions: “ A grace of thirty-one days…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Thompson v. . Postal Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Adam v. . Manhattan Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Liesny v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- Flint v. Provident Life & Trust Co. of PhiladelphiaNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- McDonald v. Ӕtna Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
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