Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance v. London Mutual Fire Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal in each case by the plaintiff, The Globe and Rutgers Fire Insurance Company, from judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 10th day of December, 1915, and the 7th day of January, 1916, respectively, upon the report of a referee appointed to hear and determine the issues.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.:
This action is brought to recover upon a contract of reinsurance claimed to have been made with the plaintiff on the 30th day of October, 1905, covering plaintiff’s contract of insurance of the risk of Heller & Co., doing business at Nos. 836-838 Broadway, in the city of New York, in the sum of $1,500 by the Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and the sum of $1,000 by the London Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Canada. Both these contacts of reinsurance were evidenced by a single memorandum. The learned referee has found in favor of the plaintiff upon the issue of the making…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fischer v. . Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Fischer v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- Krohn v. SteinlaufAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1960