11 N.Y.S. 894 | N.Y. Sur. Ct. | 1890
The interest acquired by the beneficiary upon the issuance of the policy was a chose in action. Olmsted v. Keyes, 85 N. Y. 593; U. S. Trust Co. v. Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co., 115 N. Y. 152. Upon the death of deceased, intestate, and without descendants, the chose in action vested in her husband, and the circumstance that, it was not reduced to possession is immaterial. Whitehead v. N. Y. Life Ins. Co., 102 N. Y. 143; Robins v. McClure, 100