Shapiro v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States
294 N.Y. 743 | NY | 1945
Order affirmed, with costs. Question certified answered in the negative. No opinion.
Concur: LEHMAN, Ch. J., LOUGHRAN, DESMOND and THACHER, JJ. LEWIS and CONWAY, JJ., dissent on the ground that the plaintiff who was serving a life sentence was "civilly dead" and did not have the legal capacity to sue. (Penal Law, § 511; Matter ofPallas,