Legal Opinion
Ira S. Bushey & Sons v. American Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 1923PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
The question is whether the insurance policy sued on covered the loss sustained. Plaintiff has a shipyard in Brooklyn where it repairs vessels and builds barges. It carried a small stock of lumber for use in its repair business which was covered by a policy of general stock insurance. Being about to begin the construction of several scows, it obtained a policy from the defendant and six other companies jointly insuring it “ for account of whom it may concern ” in the sum of $50,000 “To cover the legal liability of the assured, from any cause whatsoever, for loss and/or damage and/or expense,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Thompson v. Phenix InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Janneck v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Rickerson v. . Hartford Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Herrman v. . Merchants' Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1880
- London Assurance Corpn. v. . ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Gerka v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- People ex rel. Ortenberg v. BalesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1928
- Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1973
- Matter of Garelick v. RosenNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- Medlinsky v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCity of New York Municipal Court · 1933
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