Legal Opinion

Mayer v. American Insurance of Boston

City of New York Municipal Court

Decided May 15, 1888Published

Motion for a new trial, heard in the first instance at general term, upon the exceptions taken by the defendant at the trial.

1Opinion of the CourtBrowne, J.

The action was brought on a policy of insurance issued by the defendants (which insured the plaintiff against loss or damage by fire in an amount not exceeding $2,000 on merchandise, contained in the basement, and on the first floor of No. 100 Fulton street, New York city), *54to recover the sum of $323.70 as the proportion of the loss alleged to be properly recoverable from the defendants.

The plaintiff had additional insurances in other companies at the same time, to the amount of $4,000, limited to the same property, and to the further amount of $11,500, also covering the same property,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Prsdt. and Directors of Balto. Fire Ins. Co. v. LoneyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1862
  2. Angelrodt & Barth v. Delaware Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1862

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