Case Name: Charles W. Danker, as Administrator, etc., of Agnes Danker, Deceased, Respondent, v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1934-12
Citations: 243 A.D. 527
Docket Number: 
Parties: Charles W. Danker, as Administrator, etc., of Agnes Danker, Deceased, Respondent, v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 243
Pages: 527–527

Head Matter:
Charles W. Danker, as Administrator, etc., of Agnes Danker, Deceased, Respondent, v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment of the City Court of Yonkers and order denying motion to set aside verdict and for a new trial reversed on the law and the facts and a new trial ordered, costs to appellant to abide the event. The trial court correctly charged that the plaintiff " must show affirmatively by a fair preponderance of the evidence that upon the date of the issuance of the policy the insured was in sound health." (Battah v. Prudential Insurance Co., 151 Misc. 176; Goodfriend v. American Credit Indemnity Co., 217 App. Div. 635, 638; Lee v. Prudential Life Insurance Co., 203 Mass. 299, 301; Greenbaum v. Columbian Nat. Life Ins. Co. of Boston, 62 F. [2d] 56, 58.) We are of'opinion that plaintiff's case failed to bear the burden of proof imposed upon him by law. Lazansky, P. J., Kapper, Hagarty, Seudder and Davis, JJ., concur.