Legal Opinion
Cleghorn v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 26, 1926PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKapper, J.
The action is upon an indemnity policy of insurance issued by the defendant to the plaintiff on October 11, 1916, in and by which the defendant agreed to indemnify the plaintiff against loss from liability imposed by law for damages for injuries or death occasioned in the use of plaintiff’s automobile. The life of the policy was one year. The limit of indemnity was fixed at $5,000.
On October 16, 1916, plaintiff’s automobile, driven by him, ran into and caused the death of one Henry Stockfleth, whose administratrix sued the plaintiff and obtained a verdict against him for $9,000 damages, to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- General Investment Co. v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Woodmere Academy v. MoskowitzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
- Commonwealth Fuel Co. v. Powpit Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
- Stockfleth v. . CleghornNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
- Stockfleth v. CleghornAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
3Cited by4 opinions
- Denham v. BedfordMichigan Supreme Court · 1980
- Rodger v. BlissNew York Supreme Court · 1927
- Consolidated Indemnity & Ins. v. Alliance Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- Denham v. BedfordMichigan Supreme Court · 1980