Williams v. . Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General .Term in the first judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. This action was brought upon a policy of insurance, dated December 6, 1867, issued by defendant for $2,500; $200 on office furniture and fixtures, and $2,300 on merchandise, hazardous and extra hazardous.
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Appeal from judgment of the General .Term in the first judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. This action was brought upon a policy of insurance, dated December 6, 1867, issued by defendant for $2,500; $200 on office furniture and fixtures, and $2,300 on merchandise, hazardous and extra hazardous. The property insured was damaged by a fire occurring Hay 31, 1868. The substance of the policy and the facts are sufficiently set forth in the opinions. The continued user of the premises for the keeping of crude petroleum, as kept and used by…
1Opinion of the Court
On the 6th of December, 1867, the defendant insured the plaintiff in the sum of $2,500, for one year, on office furniture and fixtures, and merchandise, hazardous and extra hazardous, contained in the building situate at Nos. 307 and 309 on Broadway, in the city of New York. It was provided in the policy, that if the premises should be used for the storing or keeping therein any articles, goods or merchandise, denominated hazardous or extra hazardous or specially hazardous, except as specially provided for in the policy, so long as the same continued the policy was to be of no force. There…
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