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SIMPSON v. PHOENIX MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

24 N.Y.2d 262 (1969)

Selma Simpson, Respondent, v. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 9, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Post, Rowland H. Long and Michael W. Brody for appellant.

Joseph L. Fishman for respondent.

Townley, Updike, Carter & Rodgers for Life Insurance Association of America, amicus curiæ.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL and JASEN concur.

KEATING, J.

Selma Simpson was designated by her husband Leonard as the beneficiary of a group life insurance policy procured by his employer, Lebanon Cemetery Association of Queens, Inc. (hereinafter Lebanon), through the trustees of the Cemetery and Funeral Service and Supply Industry Group Insurance Fund, from Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company (hereinafter Phoenix). The master policy issued by Phoenix on...

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