Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1938

Wilson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 27, 1938

168 Misc. 125; 5 N.Y.S.2d 310; 1938 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1694

Counsel

Tanner, Sillcocks & Friend [William B. Moore and John A. Meyer of counsel], for the appellant., George E. Wanderman [Philip Gelfand of counsel], for the respondent.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The trial judge erred in submitting to the jury for its decision the question whether the representation relied upon by defendant was material. The representation, if the insured had been a patient at the New York Hospital, was as matter of law material. (Geer v. Union Mutual Life Ins. Co., 273 N. Y. 261.)

Judgment, so far as appealed from, reversed and a new trial ordered, limited to the issue whether the assured was the Walter Wilson that had been treated at the New York Hospital as claimed in the defense.

Order affirmed.

All concur. Present — Lydon, Frankenthaler and Noonan, JJ.

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