Case Name: In the Matter of New York Savings Bank, Petitioner, against Lazarus Joseph, as Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1953-02-10
Citations: 281 A.D. 815
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of New York Savings Bank, Petitioner, against Lazarus Joseph, as Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 281
Pages: 815–815

Head Matter:
In the Matter of New York Savings Bank, Petitioner, against Lazarus Joseph, as Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Savings banks having life insurance departments issuing mutual policies under article 10-A of the Insurance Law, were regarded as mutual companies within the coverage of the Insurance Law. (Matter of Columbian Protective Assn. v. McGoldrick, 292 N. Y. 171, 174.) The subsequent translation of article 10-A from the Insurance Law to become article VI-A of the Banking Law did not alter their character. Such a department of a savings bank partakes of the nature of a mutual life insurance company for the purpose of determining the applicability of the municipal gross receipts law. Therefore, the determination is unanimously confirmed, with $20 costs and disbursements to the respondents. Present — Dore, J. P., Cohn, Callahan, Van Voorhis and Breitel, JJ. [See post, pp. 864, 882.]