Cohen v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by defendant from a judgment' of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of •Manhattan, second district, in favor of plaintiff for $265 damages, besides costs, entered after a trial by the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGuy, J.
This action was brought upon a policy of life insurance upon the life of plaintiff’s husband, which was issued June 24, 1912. It provided among other things: “ This policy contains the entire agreement between the company and the insured and the holder and owner thereof.”
The defense was a breach of two warranties in the separate application for insurance, one of which warranties, viz., that prior to the issue of the policy the assured had not been attended by a physician for any serious disease or complaint, and had not had any pulmonary disease, is also contained in the policy itself; both…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. NewtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Hanna v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Kipp v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Trudden v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902