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Lizzie Murphy, Respondent, v. The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Appellant, 1906 — 185 N.Y. 593 · caselaw · US
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Lizzie Murphy, Respondent, v. The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Appellant
185 N.Y. 593·New York Court of Appeals·1906·NY
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Opinion
Lizzie Murphy, Respondent, v. The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Appellant.
Murphy v. John Hancock Mut. L. Ins. Co., 106 App. Div. 611, affirmed.
(Argued May 25, 1906;
decided June 12, 1906.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered June 16, 1905, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial in an action to recover upon a policy of life insurance.
Leonard J. Langbein for appellant.
John F. Brennan for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Edward T. Bartlett, Haight, Werner and Hiscock, JJ. Absent: O’Brien, J.