Halpin v. Ætna Fire Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made July 27,1887, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict directed by the court, and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made July 27,1887, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict directed by the court, and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The building was “ unoccupied,” within the meaning of the policy, and the refusal of the court to nonsuit and to charge the jury that it was “ unoccupied ” was error. (Blodgett on Fire Ins. § 29; Keith v. L. Ins. Co., 92 Mass. 228;…
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
This action was brought on an insurance policy issued February 10, 1883, to recover the damages sustained by reason of the destruction by fire of the property insured. The defendant, by its policy, had insured the defendant in the sum of $2,000 “ on its boilers, steam engine and connections, machines, machinery, shafting, belting, pulleys, hangers, tubs, tanks, vats, tables, tools and all machinery and apparatus used in the business of manufacturing leather and morocco, all contained in the frame building and extension situate on the south side of Wallabout street, about 275 feet westerly…
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