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JOSEPH SHAPIRO, Respondent, v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, Appellant.

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.

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SHAPIRO v. EQ. LIFE ASS. SOC. U.S
(Apr 12, 1945)