Case Name: Orielee Wilson, Also Known as Oria L. Wilson, Respondent, v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1938-05-27
Citations: 168 Misc. 125
Docket Number: 
Parties: Orielee Wilson, Also Known as Oria L. Wilson, Respondent, v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 168
Pages: 125–125

Head Matter:
Orielee Wilson, Also Known as Oria L. Wilson, Respondent, v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
May 27, 1938.
Tanner, Sillcocks & Friend [William B. Moore and John A. Meyer of counsel], for the appellant.
George E. Wanderman [Philip Gelfand of counsel], for the respondent.
Revg. judgment and affg. order, 167 Misc. 853.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The trial judge erred in submitting to the jury for its decision the question whether the representation relied upon by defendant was material. The representation, if the insured had been a patient at the New York Hospital, was as matter of law material. (Geer v. Union Mutual Life Ins. Co., 273 N. Y. 261.)
Judgment, so far as appealed from, reversed and a new trial ordered, limited to the issue whether the assured was the Walter Wilson that had been treated at the New York Hospital as claimed in the defense.
Order affirmed.
All concur. Present — Lydon, Frankenthaler and Noonan, JJ.