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N.Y. LIFE INS. CO. v. VIGLAS

No. 602.

297 U.S. 672 (1936)

56 S.Ct. 615

80 L.Ed. 971

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. VIGLAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 30, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick H. Nash, with whom Messrs. Louis H. Cooke and Richard Wait were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Harris J. Booras, with whom Mr. George C. Eliades was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The case, which is here upon demurrer to a declaration, depends for its solution upon the nature of the breach of contract imputed to the defendant, the petitioner in this court, and upon the measure of the damages recoverable therefor.

From the declaration we learn the following: Respondent received from petitioner on February 7, 1927, a policy of insurance...

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