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Hart v. New York Life Insurance Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Apr 17, 1947
73 N.E.2d 568 (N.Y. 1947)

Opinion

Argued November 26, 1946

Decided April 17, 1947

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, COHALAN, J.

Harold R. Medina, William T. Gilbert, Richard T. Davis and Harmon Ackerman for appellant.

Raeburn W. Jenkins and Ferdinand H. Pease for New York Life Insurance Company, respondent.

Charles Ettinger and L. Lawrence Green, guardian ad litem of Wini Kron, respondents.

Arthur J. O'Leary, Emil Goldmark and Howard E. Reinheimer for Richard Rodgers and William H. Kron, individually and as executors of the estate of Lorenz Hart, deceased, respondents.


Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., DESMOND, THACHER and DYE, JJ. Dissenting: LEWIS, CONWAY and FULD, JJ.


Summaries of

Hart v. New York Life Insurance Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Apr 17, 1947
73 N.E.2d 568 (N.Y. 1947)
Case details for

Hart v. New York Life Insurance Company

Case Details

Full title:THEODORE HART, Appellant, v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY et al.…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Apr 17, 1947

Citations

73 N.E.2d 568 (N.Y. 1947)
73 N.E.2d 568

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