Clemans v. Supreme Assembly Royal Society of Good Fellows

21 N.Y.S. 348 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1892

Lead Opinion

BARNARD, P. J.

The proof of the age of Patrick Durnan was conflicting. The jury has found that there was no misrepresentation as to the-age of the deceased. . The proof was sufficient, if credited by the jury,, to' establish that Simon Jacobs, the agent of the defendant, fraudulently concealed from the deceased the fact that he had been rejected by the Prudential Life Insurance Company as a member. Jacobs was the agent who made the application to the Prudential Company. The verdict of the jury is in favor of this fact, and is well supported by the evidence, and such finding is sufficient to free the deceased from any misrepresentation in that respect. Clemans v. Supreme Assembly, 131 N. Y. 485, 30 N. E. Rep. 496. The judgment and order denying new-trial should be affirmed, with costs.






Concurrence Opinion

PRATT, J.,

(concurring.) The questions of fact were fairly left to-the jury, and the testimony sustains the verdict. There is no ground upon which the court can interfere. The circuit judge charged the jury in accordance with the law as declared by the court of appeals upon the-first appeal. Judgment affirmed, with costs.