Case Name: RAKOV, Respondent, v. BANKERS' LIFE INS. CO. OF CITY OF NEW YORK, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1913-11-12
Citations: 144 N.Y.S. 1141
Docket Number: 
Parties: RAKOV, Respondent, v. BANKERS’ LIFE INS. CO. OF CITY OF NEW YORK, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 144
Pages: 1141–1141

Head Matter:
RAKOV, Respondent, v. BANKERS’ LIFE INS. CO. OF CITY OF NEW YORK, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
November 12, 1913.)
Action by Herman Rakov against the Bankers’ Life Insurance Company of the City of New York.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment and order reversed, and new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide event. Held, that the declarations of the insured to the witness Pearlstein were hearsay and incompetent, and so prejudicial as to require a new trial.
MERBELL, J., not sitting.