Seely v. Tioga County Patrons Fire Relief Ass'n
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Seymour Seely, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Tioga on the 1th day of January, 1914, dismissing the complaint upon the decision of the court after a trial before the court, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The scheme of town and county co-operative insurance corporations, it seems to me, forbids the making ,of the by-law under which it is claimed the plaintiff has forfeited his insurance. The incorporators must be persons owning real estate of not less than $500 in value, with an aggregate of $50,000 of value, and this property must be in contiguous towns or counties. (Insurance Law [Consol. Laws, chap. 28; Laws of 1909, chap. 33], § 261.) The corporation is authorized to issue policies signed by its officers “ agreeing in the name of the corporation * * * to pay all damages not…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of Rochester v. . CampbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
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