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New York Supreme Court, 1932

De Marco v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

De Marco v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
New York Supreme Court · Decided November 23, 1932
146 Misc. 117; 261 N.Y.S. 742; 1932 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1735

Counsel

Frederick C. Tanner [Morris E. Kinnan of counsel], for the appellant., Hamill, Weinberg & Munro [Edmund F. Quinn of counsel], for the respondent.

De Marco v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

It was a condition precedent to recovery that proof of death be filed with the defendant. Its admissions against interest are binding on the plaintiff; unless explained they are conclusive evidence of the truth of its contents. (Cirrincioni v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.,223 App. Div. 461; Vecchio v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 224 id. 301.)

Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with thirty dollars costs to appellant to abide the event.

All concur; present, Lydon, Levy and Callahan, JJ.

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