Perry v. . Lorillard Fire Insurance Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from, judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order denying a motion for a new trial, and directing judgment on an order nonsuiting plaintiff'upon trial at Circuit. (Reported below, 6 Lans., 201.) This action was brought upon a policy of fire insurance issued by defendant.
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Appeal from, judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order denying a motion for a new trial, and directing judgment on an order nonsuiting plaintiff'upon trial at Circuit. (Reported below, 6 Lans., 201.) This action was brought upon a policy of fire insurance issued by defendant. The policy was upon a dwelling-house in the city of Rochester, which was insured for one year, to the amount of $2,000. The policy issued to James Cochrane, then the owner of the dwelling; it bore date the 14th day of December, 1869. On the face beneath the…
1Opinion of the Court
Lott, Ch. C.
The act of Congress entitled “ An act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States,” approved March 2, 1867 (U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. 14, p. 517), by section 14 thereof, declares that as soon as an assignee in bankruptcy is appointed and has qualified, the judge of the court of bankruptcy, or, where there is no opposing interest, the register in bankruptcy, shall, by an instrument under his hand, assign -and convey to the assignee all the estate, real and personal, of the bankrupt, with all his books and papers relating thereto; that such…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Grosvenor v. . the Atlantic Fire Insurance Co. of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Savage v. . Howard Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
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