Mutual Life Ins. v. Batson
Mutual Life Ins. v. Batson
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
On March 25, 1902, the appellant executed and delivered to Ii. T. Batson its two insurance policies for one thousand dollars each on the life of Batson, payable to
1. The policies each contain a table setting forth the cash-surrender and loan values thereof “for end of each year.” The cash-surrender value for end of the twelfth year is three hundred and thirty-two dollars, for end of thirteenth year, three hundred and sixtv-seven dollars, and for end of fourteenth year, four hundred and three dollars. The loan value for end of twelfth year is three
The notes were for three hundred and sixty-seven dollars each, the loan value of each of the policies for the end of the twelfth year, and matured on March 25, 1915, the end of the thirteenth year, and, as the cash-surrender value of each policy was then three hundred and sixty-seven dollars, it was sufficient only to liquidate the notes. The appellant seems to' have either confused loan value with cash-surrender value, or to have overlooked the fact that these values apply at the end and not qt the beginning of the year.
2. The policies are governed, according to the contention of each of the parties hereto, and we will therefore assume, by the statutes of the state of New York, and one of the appellee’s contentions is that the evidence discloses that the reserve on each of these policies computd as provided in section 88, chapter 690, of the 1892 Session Laws of New York was sufficient to have continued, each of the policies in force beyond the date of the insured’s death. The -appellant contends that this statute has no application here on account of a provision in the policies authorized by another statute, but, assuming for the sake of the argument that the statute does apply, it can afford the appellee no relief for two reasons: First, no demand was made by either the insured or the appellee on the company within six months after the policies lapsed for the application of the reserve thereon to the purchase of extended insurance, which demand is by the statute “required to be made to prevent the forfeiture of the policy;” second, the evidence does not disclose what the reserve on these policies amounted to on March 25, 1915; the only evidence relative thereto being the amount of the dividends apportioned by the company at the end of twenty-
Reversed, and bill dismissed*
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- INSURANCE. Company held under no obligation to apply reserve on lapsed policy to extension thereof, in absence of demand. Under section 88', chapter 690, of the 1892 Session Laws of New York, an insurance company is under no obligation to apply the reserve on a lapsed life insurance policy to the extension óf tbe policy, unless a demand therefor is made on the company within six months after the lapsing of the policy.