McKenna v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Decision Date10 January 1928
Citation161 N.E. 169,247 N.Y. 527
PartiesNicholas McKENNA, as Ancillary Executor of Gertrude Malnati, Deceased, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.
CourtNew York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department (220 App. Div. 53, 220 N. Y. S. 568), entered April 25, 1927, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon an order of Special Term granting a motion for summary judgment and denied said motion.

Fred Iscol and Hector McG. Curren, both of Brooklyn, for appellant.

James C. Van Siclen and Henry C. Frey, both of Jamaica, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Appeal dismissed, with costs.

CARDOZO, C. J., and POUND, CRANE, ANDREWS, LEHMAN, KELLOGG, and O'BRIEN, JJ., concur.

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