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Elenberg v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 22, 1937
251 App. Div. 443 (N.Y. App. Div. 1937)

Opinion

June 22, 1937.

Appeal from Supreme Court of Bronx County.

Herbert F. Garrick of counsel [ Leonard M. Gardner with him on the brief; Tanner, Sillcocks Friend, attorneys], for the appellant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

William A. Roe of counsel [ Louis P. Galli with him on the brief; Moran, Galli McGlinn, attorneys], for the appellant The Travelers Insurance Company.

David Goldstein of counsel [ Thomas G. Frost with him on the brief; Goldstein Goldstein, attorneys], for the respondent.

Present — MARTIN, P.J., UNTERMYER, DORE, COHN and CALLAHAN, JJ.


While the evidence disclosed that the plaintiff, a real estate operator, was suffering from a disease of the heart which limited his activities to some extent, he failed to establish by a fair preponderance of evidence that such disease totally disabled him within the definition contained in either policy.

The judgments should be reversed, with costs, and the complaints dismissed, with costs.


Judgments unanimously reversed, with costs, and complaints dismissed, with costs.


Summaries of

Elenberg v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 22, 1937
251 App. Div. 443 (N.Y. App. Div. 1937)
Case details for

Elenberg v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Case Details

Full title:CHARLES ELENBERG, Respondent, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jun 22, 1937

Citations

251 App. Div. 443 (N.Y. App. Div. 1937)
297 N.Y.S. 343

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