Cheever v. British-American Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the British-American Insurance Company of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau on the 24th day of September, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 2d day of October, 1902, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J. :
The defendant issued an insurance policy to the plaintiff for an amount not exceeding $2,000. One thousand dollars of this policy was written upon the household furniture and $1,000 on certain wines, liquors, etc., used upon the premises. The complaint alleges -ownership in the plaintiff, issuance of the policy, the payment of *334the premium and the destruction of the property during the life of the policy, and that the plaintiff had duly ¡performed all the conditions in said policy on her part' to be performed, and had given' diie notice and proof of loss to defendant. The answer…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. SiefkeNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
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