Graves v. Knights of Maccabees
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Knights of the Maccabees of the World, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk-of the county on Onondaga on the 24th day of August, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 24th day of August, 1907, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
This is an action on two policies or certificates of insurance issued by the defendant on the life of plaintiff’s husband. The defendant is a fraternal beneficial society existing under the laws of Michigan. The insured died in June, 1905. The first certificate on- his life was issued in 1893 for $1,000. In 1896 this was increased to $3,000. In 1898 this was replaced by another certificate to other beneficiaries, and four days before the death of the insured another certificate for the like amount of $3,000 was issued, the apparent object being to change the beneficiaries. It is…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Janneck v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- People v. GreggNew York Supreme Court · 1891
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