Legal Opinion
Chautauqua v. Farm Bureau Mutual Fire Insurance
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided May 17, 1956No. Civ. A. No. 6951Published
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, District Judge.
The plaintiff originally instituted suit in Chautauqua County, New York, Supreme Court, to cover amounts allegedly due under a policy of fire insurance, issued by the defendant, because of damage sustained to an automatic switchboard and telephone equipment owned by the plaintiff. The suit has been removed to the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
The plaintiff, in its complaint, alleges that it had additional coverage for the same risk with the Phoenix Indemnity Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut, for the sum of not exceeding $1500…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bogardus v. . New York Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Hawthorne v. Eckerson Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
- Mutual Life Ins. v. DaigleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. City Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1936