Schmitt Bros. v. Boston Ins.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Special Term, New York County. Action by Schmitt Bros, against the Boston Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals, and from so much thereof as refuses to allow interest, on the sum recovered, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
This action was brought to set aside an award of $9,000, made pursuant to the provisions of an insurance policy which plaintiffs had taken out from the defendant, on the ground of alleged misconduct and irregularity of the appraisers and umpire, and to recover the full amount of the policy of insurance. The plaintiffs were the owners of a lot of colonial furniture, which' they had purchased from the estate of a deceased collector for the sum of $13,000 and had stored in a warehouse. They procured it to be insured under several different policies of insurance, aggregating $20,000. The property…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hastings v. . Westchester Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1878
- White v. . MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Sweeny v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Kaiser v. Hamburg-Bremen Fire InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Strome v. London Assurance Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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