Case Name: Herman Rakov, Respondent, v. Bankers Life Insurance Company of the City of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1913-11
Citations: 159 A.D. 933
Docket Number: 
Parties: Herman Rakov, Respondent, v. Bankers Life Insurance Company of the City of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 159
Pages: 933–933

Head Matter:
Herman Rakov, Respondent, v. Bankers Life Insurance Company of the City of New York, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment and order reversed and new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide event. Held, that the declaration of the insured to the witness Perlstein were hearsay and incompetent and so prejudicial as to require a new trial. All concurred; Merrell, J., not sitting.