Van Tassel v. Greenwich Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Greenwich' Insurance Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of. the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of November, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th day of November, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the CourtPatterson, J.
This cause has been tried three times. On the last trial it was presented on amended pleadings. ■ The trial judge directed a verdict for the plaintiff, and from the judgment entered thereon this appeal is taken.
The action was brought upon a contract purporting to be one of insurance, and by which, the plaintiff claimed, the full relation of assured and insurer vyas established between him and the defendant. That contract consisted of an instrument called a binding slip, which, was delivered by the defendant to insurance brokers employed by the plaintiff, and is in these words:
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Van Schoick v. . Niagara Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Lipman v. Niagara Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Stokes v. . MacKayNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Van Tassel v. . Greenwich Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
3Cited by5 opinions
- Underwood v. Greenwich InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Underwood v. Greenwich InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Underwood v. Greenwich InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Underwood v. Greenwich InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Underwood v. Greenwich InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900