Shake v. Westchester Fire Insurance Co. of New York

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This is an action on two policies of fire insurance issued to plaintiffs by defendant, the first in July and the second in September, 1921. The action was defended on the ground that a portion of plaintiffs’ claim was for the loss of clothing left with them by their customers to be renovated. The policies were written by W. L. Alexander, defendant’s local agent at Pipestone, were in the standard form, and, as first written, had riders attached with a clause in one reading as follows: “Item 4 — $500 on Ladies’ and gentlemen’s suits, new and those that have been left for repairs, etc,”…