BEGLEY v. PRUDENTIAL INS. CO. OF AM.


1 N.Y.2d 530 (1956)

Gloria La B. Begley, Appellant, v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Costello for appellant.

Francis J. Duffy for respondent.

CONWAY, Ch. J., DESMOND, FULD, FROESSEL and BURKE, JJ., concur with DYE, J.; VAN VOORHIS, J., dissents and votes to affirm.


DYE, J.

The plaintiff is the beneficiary named in three policies of insurance issued by the defendant company on the life of her late husband. The policies each contained a provision for double indemnity benefits payable "upon receipt * * * [by the company] * * * of due proof that the death of the Insured occurred as a result, directly and independently of all other causes, of bodily injuries effected solely through...

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