Case ID: misc_168/html/0259-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Henry Lieberman, Appellant, v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Respondent.
    Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
    June 21, 1938.
    
      Fred Rosen [Donald C. Leo of counsel], for the appellant.
    
      Alexander & Oreen [James D. Ewing of counsel], for the respondent.
   Per Curiam.

Having paid disability benefits to the plaintiff over a period of six years, with full knowledge of the plaintiff’s physical condition and the false representations alleged to have been made in the application, the defendant is now estopped from rescinding the contract of insurance.

Judgment reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and judgment directed in favor of plaintiff in the sum of sixty dollars, together with interest and costs.

All concur. Present — Hammer, Shientag and Noonan, JJ.