Cogswell v. Chubb
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, William B. Cogswell, from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city of Hew York in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 18th day of May, 1895, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 20th day of May, 1895, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
The defendants in this action were underwriters on a policy of marine insurance on the steam yacht Fieseen, the property of the plaintiff. The insurance for the term of one year, beginning April 10, 1893, was for $21,000, at which sum the vessel was valued, and these defendants were by the terms of the policy to pay the one one-hundredth part of any loss or damage occasioned by any of the perils insured against. On the 9th of September, 1893, while in the lower Hew York bay and under way and in tow of another yacht, she came into collision with a steamship and was damaged to the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chase v. . the Hamilton Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Westfall v. Hudson River Fire InsuranceThe Superior Court of New York City · 1853
- Day v. Orient Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1860
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