Legal Opinion

Aldrich v. Great American Insurance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 14, 1921PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Submission of a controversy upon an agreed statement of facts pursuant to section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

1Opinion of the Court

Laughlin, J.:

The point presented for decision by this submission is, whether the parties to a fire insurance contract are prohibited by chapter 440 of the Laws of 1917, adding section 121 to the Insurance Law, and the standard fire insurance policy thereby adopted, from agreeing, in consideration of a reduced rate of insurance to the assured, that an eighty per cent average or coinsurance clause shall be attached to the standard form of policy, by which, in the event that the assured does not carry insurance to the extent of eighty per cent or more of the value of the property insured, the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Woollcott v. . ShubertNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
  2. Fireman's Fund Insurance v. PekorSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  3. Nelson v. Traders' Insurance Co. of Chicago, Ill.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
  4. Farmers' Feed Co. of New Jersey v. Scottish Union & National InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  5. Chirstian & Daniel v. Niagara Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. American Ins. Co. v. IaconiSupreme Court of Delaware · 1952
  2. American Insurance v. IaconiSuperior Court of Delaware · 1952
  3. New York Life Insurance v. Glens Falls InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1945
  4. Quaker Hills, LLC v. Pacific Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013
  5. Durham v. Stuyvesant InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921

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