Legal Opinion
Greenwich Bank v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 12, 1926PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtProskauer, J.
Irrespective of the other defenses, plaintiff cannot recover for failure to give immediate notice of loss. The fires occurred on January 29 and February 17, 1922. The notice was *409not mailed till March 1, 1922. Plaintiff relies on the following facts to justify delay: The assured’s broker turned over all of the policies (except the ones here involved) to the adjusters who had been employed to represent assured. He did not turn over the policies here sued upon because he assumed that these companies (having refused to transfer the policies to the receiver for the assured) would not be liable for…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Matthews v. . American Central Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Weed v. Hamburg—Bremen Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Metropolitan Casualty Ins. v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1918
- Tracey v. Standard Accident InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1920
- Perry v. Caledonian InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Greenwich Bank v. Hartford Fire InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927