Blass v. Agricultural Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the defendant, Agricultural Insurance Company, of Watertown, N. Y., for a new trial on a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance, upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff, rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the Cayuga Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Follett, J.:
The plaintiff asked that a verdict be directed in his favor, and the defendant that a verdict be directed in its favor, and neither party requested that any issue of fact be submitted to the jury. The court denied the defendant’s motion and granted the plaintiff’s, and the defendant excepted.
This action was begun August 10, 1895, to recover on a New York standard fire insurance policy, issued April 9,1894, by which *482defendant, in consideration of nine dollars, insured,, for three years from the date of the policy, the plaintiff’s dwelling house for eight hundred dollars, the.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Manchester v. . Guardian Assurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Bennett v. . Agr'l Ins. Co. of WatertownNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Connecticut Fire Insurance v. TilleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1892
- Messelback v. . NormanNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- England v. Westchester Fire InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Gold Issue Mining & Milling Co. v. Pennsylvania Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1916
- Gordon v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1917
- McKinney v. Providence Washington Insurance Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1959
- New York Mutual Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Westchester Fire InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906