Devitt v. Providence Washington Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Providence Washington Insurance Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of West■chester on the 23d day of May, 1900, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Westchester Trial Term before the ■court without a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The defendant, at New York city, on November 21, 1898, issued to the plaintiff a certificate of insurance under an open policy “ in the sum of Four thousand Dollars, On General Produce. Free of any claim for damage or partial loss. Valued, at-onboard the. Canal Bt. ‘ W. C. Rodgers ’ at and from Brockport and intermediate ports to Yonkers, N. Y. Loss if any payable to John J. Devitt.” The certificate covered a cargo of potatoes, onions and apples, owned by the plaintiff, and valued at $3,811, which had been loaded upon the boat at Brockport, consigned to the plaintiff at…
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