Peters v. United States Industrial Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
•Appeal by the defendant, The United States Industrial Insurance Company; from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 19th day of March, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury rendered after a trial at a Trial Term of the Supreme Court held in and for the county of Kings, and also from an order bearing date the 18th day of March, 1896, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the defendant’s…
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•Appeal by the defendant, The United States Industrial Insurance Company; from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 19th day of March, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury rendered after a trial at a Trial Term of the Supreme Court held in and for the county of Kings, and also from an order bearing date the 18th day of March, 1896, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.: .
This suit was brought to recover $1,189 from the United States Industrial Insurance Company, being the aggregate amount of three several policies of insurance upon the life of Body Peters, the husband of the plaintiff. The application for the first policy was signed by the wife with the husband’s name at his request. The other applications were signed by the husband with his mark. The agent of the insurance company, in the presence of Mr. and Mrs. Peters, wrote down the answers of the insured to the questions upon each application. Among the answers as they now appear…
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