Case Name: BROWN et al. v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1945-03-13
Citations: 148 F.2d 524
Docket Number: No. 8621
Parties: BROWN et al. v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO.
Judges: Before GOODRICH and McALLISTER, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 148
Pages: 524–524

Head Matter:
BROWN et al. v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO.
No. 8621.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Argued Jan. 9, 1945.
Decided March 13, 1945.
Edward Gaulkin, of Newark, N. J., for appellants.
Wm. L. Dill, Jr., of Newark, N. J. (Lindabury, Depue &'Faulks, of Newark, N. J., on the brief), for appellee.
Before GOODRICH and McALLISTER, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an action upon a life insurance policy issued by the defendant company. The defense was that the policy had lapsed for non-payment of premium. Since it had been heavily borrowed against by the insured the period of extended insurance was very short and had expired some time prior to his death.
The case is in federal court because of diversity of citizenship, the legal questions presented are controlled by New Jersey law. The various questions, and the New Jersey decisions relevant thereto, with one exception, are all analyzed and discussed by the District Judge. 59 F.Supp. 721. We agree with his analysis and the conclusions he reached. A further discussion by us would be only a restatement in our own words of points already satisfactorily discussed.
The one additional point relates to certain exhibits, marked D6 and D7 which the trial judge originally rejected but subsequently received. We think they were clearly admissible under the statute. 28 U.S.C.A. § 695. See Pollack v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 3 Cir., 138 F.2d 123, 1943.
The judgment is affirmed.