Partridge v. Milwaukee Mechanics' Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Milwaukee Mechanics’ 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 Seneca on the 13th day of May, 1896, upon the report of a referee. Exceptions were filed to the referee’s report.
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Appeal by the defendant, the Milwaukee Mechanics’ 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 Seneca on the 13th day of May, 1896, upon the report of a referee. Exceptions were filed to the referee’s report. Action upon a standard policy of fire insurance issued by the defendant to the plaintiff for $2,000, covering personal property owned by her in the village of Seneca Falls, in the thifd story of the Partridge block in rooms occupied by the plaintiff for living rooms, in which she had furniture,…
1Opinion of the Court
Hardin, P. J.:
Appellant contends that Jacoby was plaintiff’s agent in the matter of placing insurance, and that when notice was given to him to cancel the policy in suit the same ceased to be a binding contract upon the defendant.
One T. Y. Brown is general agent of the defendant, having his place of business in the city of New York at 61 William street, and associated with him is Mr. George B. Walton, who has, for ten years, been acting as sjiecial agent for the defendant. After" Jacoby had made a daily report of the policy in question, it seems that Walton made some inquiry of the agent…
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