Legal Opinion
Pendergast v. Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 22, 1927PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKellogg, J.
The plaintiff was the owner of the steam tug Globe. On the 20th .day of October, 1924, he chartered the tug to the Waterway Navigation Company through one Guidera, who represented that company at Buffalo, New York, where the plaintiff resided. The tug was then in inland waters in the vicinity of Buffalo. Guidera agreed to have the tug covered with marine insurance, and upon the following day assured the plaintiff that the insurance had been placed by the New York office of the navigation company. In point of fact the insurance had not then been written. However, on October 23, 1924, the New…
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