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Ginsberg v. Eastern Life Ins. Co., N.Y

Court of Errors and Appeals
Apr 2, 1936
184 A. 348 (N.J. 1936)

Opinion

Argued October 21st, 1935.

Decided April 2d 1936.

On appeal from the court of chancery, whose opinion is reported in 118 N.J. Eq. 223.

Messrs. Lum, Tamblyn Fairlie ( Mr. Ralph E. Lum, of counsel), for the complainant-appellant.

Mr. Arthur L. Hurst ( Mr. Malcolm C. Law, of the New York bar, of counsel), for the defendant-respondent.


The decree under review is affirmed, for the reasons stated by the learned vice-chancellor in his conclusions.

Reference is made, in the last paragraph of the court's opinion, to whether the complainant below would, under the circumstances of this case, be entitled to an estoppel if the court had reached a different result upon the other matters in controversy. The learned vice-chancellor recognized that a determination of this point was not necessary for the disposition of the case and we leave that question as it is without comment, neither approving nor disproving of what the court below said in this particular.

For affirmance — THE CHIEF-JUSTICE, LLOYD, CASE, BODINE, HETFIELD, DEAR, WELLS, JJ. 7.

For reversal — DONGES, HEHER, PERSKIE, WOLFSKEIL, RAFFERTY, JJ. 5.


Summaries of

Ginsberg v. Eastern Life Ins. Co., N.Y

Court of Errors and Appeals
Apr 2, 1936
184 A. 348 (N.J. 1936)
Case details for

Ginsberg v. Eastern Life Ins. Co., N.Y

Case Details

Full title:CLARA M. GINSBERG, complainant-appellant, v. EASTERN LIFE INSURANCE…

Court:Court of Errors and Appeals

Date published: Apr 2, 1936

Citations

184 A. 348 (N.J. 1936)
184 A. 348

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