Declined to Pay the Policy

New York, 1895

Isabella Genther of College Point, brought an action in the supreme court against O. Edgar Anthony, receiver, of the National Mutual Insurance company, to recover the amount of a policy which she held on the death of her husband, Ferdinand Gentner, who was formerly postmaster of College Point. Mr. Gentner was insured for $3,000. When he signed his application he was compelled to swear that he was in good health and of temperate habits. After his death the insurance company declined to pay the insurance, charging that Gentner had sworn falsely in his application.

The case was tried before Judge Patterson and a jury in New York. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the widow of $2,150.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 1, 1895, p. 2.