Shapiro v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States

Court: New York Court of Appeals
Date filed: 1945-04-12
Citations: 61 N.E.2d 745, 294 N.Y. 743, 1945 N.Y. LEXIS 943
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Lead Opinion

Order affirmed, with costs. Question certified answered in the negative. No opinion.

Concur: Lehman, Ch. J., Loughran, Desmond and Thacher, JJ. Lewis and Conway, JJ., dissent on the ground that the plaintiff who was serving a life sentence was “ civilly dead ” and did not have the legal capacity to sue. (Penal Law, § 511; Matter of Pallas, 291 N. Y. 692; Matter of Lindewall, 287 N. Y. 347; Green v. State of New York, 278 N. Y. 15; Avery v. Everett, 110 N. Y. 317.) Taking no part: Dye, J.