New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-29
GENERAL SICKLES MUST PAY.
SIZED BY A WIDOW, WHO GETS A VERDICT.
uE COLLECTED HER HUSBANDS LIFE INsUR'
ANcE-THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEM.

ne COLLECTED HER HUSBANDS LIFE INsUR-
ANcE-THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEM.
General Daniel f. slckles was the defendant In a
suit tried I'm the Supreme Court before Justice Ingra
ham and Jury yesterday. When he entered the court
room crutches and took seat beside bis COUNSEL
d. p Hayes, he was followed by a crowd OF court
Ioungers who speedily filed the apartment. The
plaintiff Mrs. Emily a. Cave, planly-dressed
woman about forty years old, who claimed that the
General owed her S27 501 45 policies OF Insurance
paced on the life of her husband Frank f. Cave She
alleged that between May H. 1886 and December 20.
in the year he collected from various insurance
companies $35,001 A. OF which he paid her only
as 400. The evidence showed that In 1887 In ac-
cordance with an agreement made with Mrs. Cave. At
the solicitation of her brother Joseph W. Rose, who
was employed by the General ianltor OF his house,
No % Fifth-avc. and took care Of his apartments
there General sicbles took out policies on the life Of
Mr. Cave and that no paid all dues and assessments
until Mr. Cave died In May 1856. III was
agreed that General sickes. after the death Of Mr.
Cave should two thirds OF the amounts OF the
policies and that the remainder should be paid to Mr.
Caves widow The policies were as follows; Ma
tIonal Benefit Society, 100000 the Mutual Life and
Accident Association. $4,000; tho Mutual Reserve
Fund Life Association, $4,000; the Mutual Benefit
Life Company, S8, 600 the Massachusetts Benefit AS
sociaton Of Boston. $4,000; and the Ohio Mutual
Reserve Association $4,000. The defendant paid out
In all 1890 30.
After the death OF Mr. Cave his widow ratified
the agreement which she had previously made. by
which thirds interest assigned TO the Defend
ant and he received absolute power OF attorney TO
collect the amounts due by the companies. Oblec-
lions to paying raised by some of the companies
on tho ground that Cave had led disspated life and
for other causes but finally S3j,9ol 40 was collected
General slckles paid the widow $S4OO, In addition
to 1856 20 which he had given her before her huS-
bands death and 81 800 which she afterwards col
lected from the Ohio Mutual Company. so that She
received in all S1O,766 30. This. the defendant
claimed, was $671 81 more than she was entitled 10
and he made a countercaIm for this amount
The plaintiff testified that her brother had paid all
the assessments and dues with money borrowed from
the defendant and that the latter and her brother had
persuaded her sign the agreement securing the pay
ment Of the money to General sckes. She asserted
that this was done without the consent of her hus-
band and her lawyer maintained that on this accouno
the agreement was void. General sickles testhed
TO the making Of the agreement and said that he had
been induced to make 1t by Rose.
The fury under the charge Of the judge found
that the contract was binding upon Mrs. cave, ana
that under its she was entitled 10 S3o0o moro
than had been paid 10 her. The General was SATISFIED
with this verdict, and IL was understood mat there
would be appeal