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Le Gendre v. Scottish Union & National Insurance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1904PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, William 0. Le Gendre, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 29th day of January, 1904, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, dismissing the complaint upon the merits.

1Opinion of the Court

Laughlin, J.:

This is an action to reform an insurance policy and to recover upon it, as reformed, a loss sustained by fire. The insurance was' Upon personal property owned by the plaintiff “ or any member of the household,” consisting principally of household furniture and effects “ while contained in the frame building, owned by the assured and situate on the southerly side of the upper road leading from Mount Kisco tó Bedford, * * * Westchester county, N. Y. This insurance also to cover the property insured while in transit from Pelham Bridge to residence of the assured at Bedford.” The…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Pitcher v. . HennesseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
  2. Arend v. LaingNew York Supreme Court · 1894

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Abulaynain v. New York Merchant Bakers Mutual Fire InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  2. Depaola v. Nat. Ins. Co., Humboldt Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1915
  3. Michael, G. v. Stock, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. D. R. Paskie & Co. v. Commercial Casualty InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1928
  5. Northeastern Shares Corp. v. International InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934

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