Gough v. Davis
New York Supreme Court
Action against one of the underwriters to* a policy of fire insurance to recover of him his proportion of the loss. The said underwriters did business and issued policies under the name Electric Oity Lloyds.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaynor J.
We have in this state established by law (The Insurance Law, sec. 121, et seq.) a standard policy of fire insurance. It is a printed form of fire insurance policy filed in the office of the Secretary of State, which has to he conformed to and used by all *246fire insurers doing business in this state. Instead of contracts of insurance differing in their provisions and conditions, we have by means of this standard policy uniform policies of' insurance, and this now sued upon is one of them. It is a criminal offense to- use any other (Penal Code, sec. Slid).
One of the conditions is as…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Herrman v. . Merchants' Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Tisdell v. . New Hampshire Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Harris v. . TumbridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Long Bros. v. J. K. Armsby Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1891
- Ogden v. . East River Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
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