Stone v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
New York Court of Appeals
The statements in the applications, being warranties, and having been shown on plaintiff’s proof to be false, the plaintiff cannot recover. (King v. Tioga County, 35 App. Div. 58; Satz v. Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. Co., 243 N. Y. 385; Foot v. Mtna Life Ins. Co., 61 N. Y. 571; Barteau v. Phoenix Mut. Life Ins.
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The statements in the applications, being warranties, and having been shown on plaintiff’s proof to be false, the plaintiff cannot recover. (King v. Tioga County, 35 App. Div. 58; Satz v. Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. Co., 243 N. Y. 385; Foot v. Mtna Life Ins. Co., 61 N. Y. 571; Barteau v. Phoenix Mut. Life Ins. Co., 67 N. Y. 595; Kenyon v. K. T. & M. M. A. Assn., 122 N. Y. 247; Clemans v. Supreme Assembly, 131 N. Y. 485; Enthoven v. American Fidelity Co., 128 N. Y. Supp. 805; 150 App. Div. 928; 211 N. Y. 561; Keck v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 238 App. Div. 538; 264 N. Y. 422; Travelers Ins.…
1Per curiam
Some of the answers in the applications for insurance being palpably false, and such answers being a part of the applications which would have been incorporated in due course in the policies, it follows that the judgments in favor of the plaintiff should be reversed and the complaint dismissed, with costs in all courts. (See Axelroad v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 267 N. Y. 437, decided May 21, 1935.)
Crane, Ch. J., Lehman, O’Brien and Loughran, JJ., concur; Hubbs, Crouch and Finch, JJ., dissent.
Judgments reversed, etc. (See 268 N. Y. 630.)
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Axelroad v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Stone v. Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Bean v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1957
- Bovia v. Patriot Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1961