State Supreme Court / N.Y.

Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. . Childs Co.

Decided March 1, 1921. Charles Andrews wrote the opinion for the court.

130 N.E. 295 · Cited 163 times

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Friederichsen v. Renard · 247 U.S. 207
American Woolen Co. v. . Samuelsohn · 123 N.E. 154
Whalin v. . White · 25 N.Y. 462

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