Hessler v. North River Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Hubbs, P. J.:
On March 26, 1921, the plaintiff purchased from the Sherman Sales Company of Utica, N. Y., a Marmon touring car on a conditional contract of sale. Immediately after closing the contract of purchase she telephoned to Cantwell & Bromley, Inc., local agent of the North River Insurance Company of the City of New York, the defendant herein, and asked Mr. Bromley, the secretary and treasurer of said corporation, to place a fire and theft insurance policy on the car. The policy was afterward issued to her and she placed it in a safety deposit box without reading it.
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