Strome v. London Assurance Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the London Assurance Corporation, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 27th day of January, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered afteia trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
This action was brought with a two-fold object: (1) To set aside an award or estimate made under the New York standard policy of fire insurance as to the amount of loss suffered by the plaintiff under such a policy issued to him by the defendant corporation; and (2) to recover the sum of $430.56 which the plaintiff alleged to be his actual damage by reason of a fire against which the policy insured him. The plaintiff was successful in both aspects of the case. The trial court set aside the award or estimate of $100 on the ground of its gross and palpable inadequacy, and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fleming v. Phoenix Assurance Co.New York Supreme Court · 1894
- Enright v. Montauk Fire InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1891
3Cited by12 opinions
- Matter of Delmar Box Co.(ætna Ins. Co.)New York Court of Appeals · 1955
- Syracuse Savings Bank v. Yorkshire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
- Gervant v. New England Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- In re American InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
- Kaiser v. Hamburg-Bremen Fire InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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