Landusky v. Beirne
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, Orange county. Action by George Landusky against Edward C. Beirne. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.
According to the testimony of the plaintiff, the defendant, who was doing business as an insurance agent and broker in Port Jervis in the autumn of 1899, undertook, for the sum of $7.90 premium, which the plaintiff then paid to him, to obtain insurance upon the plaintiff’s house at Greeley, Pa., by “a good policy in a very good company.” The defendant in fact procured and delivered to the plaintiff a policy purporting to be executed by an Illinois company which had no authority to do business either in Pennsylvania or in New York. The insured property was destroyed by fire, and proofs of loss…
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