Augusta H. Hanna, Appellant v. the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, Respondent

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff's claim on a life insurance policy because the only evidence of the cause of death was the plaintiff's own certificates stating death due to intemperance, which is an excepted cause under the policy. The court held that those certificates constitute admissions against interest and are prima facie evidence, and the plaintiff failed to produce any contrary evidence.