New York Court of Appeals
Annie P. Ward, Appellant v. New York Life Insurance Company, Defendant, and Walter K. Ward, Respondents
January 14, 1919225 N.Y. 314
Summary
The Court affirmed the judgment for the beneficiaries, holding that the wife failed as a matter of law to produce sufficient evidence of an oral assignment of the life insurance policy and that the testimony concerning personal transactions was admissible but insufficient to establish the assignment.