Wilson & Co. v. Hartford Fire Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Hartford Fire Insurance Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 6th day of June, 1919, denying defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, consisting of the summons and complaint, the amended answer and the reply, and for judgment on the plaintiff’s reply.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The action is brought to recover upon fire insurance policies issued by the defendant. The subject-matter of the insurance was live stock in the Kansas City Stock Yards. By reason of the fact that these yards are situated in the States of Kansas and Missouri two policies were issued, copies of which are annexed to the answer and admitted by the reply.
The learned justice at the Special Term held that the complaint clearly states a cause of action and since material issues had been raised as to the defenses set forth in the answer, such issues must' be disposed of upon the trial and…
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