Kaufman v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Kaufman v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

263 A.D. 1005, 34 N.Y.S.2d 529, 1942 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7846

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedMarch 16, 1942

StatusPublished

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Kaufman v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance, 263 A.D. 1005, 34 N.Y.S.2d 529, 1942 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7846 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1942).

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Action to reform a contract of insurance so as to provide therein for the insured’s; right to change the beneficiary and, as so reformed, for payment of the proceeds; of the policy to plaintiffs, as beneficiaries, in accordance with the nomination for change of beneficiary as accepted by the insurer. Judgment for plaintiffs unanimously affirmed, with costs to plaintiffs-respondents. We reverse finding of fact numbered “ LIV ” and disapprove so much of conclusion* of law numbered [1006]*1006“ Eighth ” as reads “ in that she was not the wife of Jacob Kaufman, the insured,” on the ground that there is no competent proof supporting them. No opinion. Present — Hagarty, Johnston, Adel, Taylor and Close, JJ.

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Action to reform a contract of insurance so as to provide therein for the insured’s; right to change the beneficiary and, as so reformed, for payment of the proceeds; of the policy to plaintiffs, as beneficiaries, in accordance with the nomination for change of beneficiary as accepted by the insurer. Judgment for plaintiffs unanimously affirmed, with costs to plaintiffs-respondents. We reverse finding of fact numbered “ LIV ” and disapprove so much of conclusion* of law numbered [1006]*1006“ Eighth ” as reads “ in that she was not the wife of Jacob Kaufman, the insured,” on the ground that there is no competent proof supporting them. No opinion. Present — Hagarty, Johnston, Adel, Taylor and Close, JJ.

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263 A.D. 1005, 34 N.Y.S.2d 529, 1942 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7846, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/kaufman-v-john-hancock-mutual-life-insurance-nyappdiv-1942.