Rodee v. Detroit Fire & Marine Insurance
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, St. Lawrence county. Action by Heñry Rodee and James R. Bill against the Detroit Fire & Marine Insurance.Company on a policy of marine insurance issued by defendant to plaintiffs. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for $369.43, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial made on the minutes of the court, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHerrick, J.
By a policy of insurance dated August 20, 1891, the defendant insured a cargo of grain belonging to the plaintiffs, on board the schooner Hartford, to be transported from Detroit to Ogdensburg; the policy reading, “in board cargo of the schooner Hartford, at and from Detroit to Ogdensburg.” It was in the policy that the property insured should be insured from “beginning •■the adventure upon the said property from and immediately following the loading thereof at the port and place named in the indorsement, and so shall continue and endure until the same shall arrive and be safely landed at the…
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