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Lareau v. Order of United Commercial Travelers

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Apr 17, 1959
159 N.E.2d 207 (N.Y. 1959)

Opinion

Argued January 21, 1959

Decided April 17, 1959

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, DE FOREST C. PITT, J.

Herbert A. Steinke, Jr., for appellant.

Harvey M. Lifset and Elias Moubar for respondent.


Order affirmed and judgment absolute directed against appellant on the stipulation, with costs in all courts. No opinion. ( Burr v. Commercial Travelers Mut. Acc. Assn., 295 N.Y. 294, 301-303; McGrail v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc., 292 N.Y. 419, 424-425; Mansbacher v. Prudential Ins. Co., 273 N.Y. 140, 144; Silverstein v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 254 N.Y. 81, 84-85; Lewis v. Ocean Acc. Guar. Corp., 224 N.Y. 18, 20-21.)

Concur: Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DESMOND, DYE, FULD and FROESSEL. Judges VAN VOORHIS and BURKE dissent and vote to reverse and dismiss the complaint on the authority of Wilcox v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. ( 265 N.Y. 665).


Summaries of

Lareau v. Order of United Commercial Travelers

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Apr 17, 1959
159 N.E.2d 207 (N.Y. 1959)
Case details for

Lareau v. Order of United Commercial Travelers

Case Details

Full title:FRANCIS E. LAREAU, Respondent, v. ORDER OF UNITED COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS OF…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Apr 17, 1959

Citations

159 N.E.2d 207 (N.Y. 1959)
159 N.E.2d 207
186 N.Y.S.2d 662

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