Taylor v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance
The Superior Court of New York City
This action was brought by Hoses Taylor, Edward Minturn and Joseph B. Collins, Trustees and Executors of the Estate of Benjamin G-. Minturn, deceased, Georg© W. Coster and Henry A. Coster, Executor and Trustee of the Estate of John G. Coster, deceased, and Catharine Mitchell, against The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, The Hew York Mutual Insurance Company, The Astor Mutual Marine Insurance Company, The Reliance Mutual Marine Insurance Company, The Sun Mutual Insurance…
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This action was brought by Hoses Taylor, Edward Minturn and Joseph B. Collins, Trustees and Executors of the Estate of Benjamin G-. Minturn, deceased, Georg© W. Coster and Henry A. Coster, Executor and Trustee of the Estate of John G. Coster, deceased, and Catharine Mitchell, against The Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, The Hew York Mutual Insurance Company, The Astor Mutual Marine Insurance Company, The Reliance Mutual Marine Insurance Company, The Sun Mutual Insurance Company, The Union Mutual Insurance Company, The Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company, Loftis Wood, Richard Eceles, William…
1Opinion of the Court
Bosworth, Ch. J.
The complaint in this action'was dismissed at the trial; and judgment having been perfected, the plaintiff appealed to the General Term.
The ship Joseph Walker, of about 1,300 tons burthen, while lying on the west side of pier Ho. 29, East river, at ■ the-port of Hew York, taking in cargo, took fire, on the 26th of- December,' 1853, and sunk to the bottom. She had on board some 300 or 400 barrels of resin, some 300 bales of cotton, and some 20,000 bushels of wheat, all of which was submerged. The -defendant was insurer of If parts of the ship, other insurance companies, (who…
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- Van Hoesen v. Van AlstyneNew York Supreme Court · 1829
- Taylor v. Atlantic Mut. Ins.The Superior Court of New York City · 1857
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