German American Insurance v. New York Gas & Electric Light, Heat & Power Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, The New York Gas and Electric Light, Heat and Power Company and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 28th day of March, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of March, 1904, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J. :
On the 25th of February, 1900, a building in the city of New York, together with personal property therein belonging to certain tenants, was destroyed by fire. The plaintiff and other insurance companies having issued policies to such tenants, idemnifying them against loss or damage, and after the fire having paid such losses, were subrogated to the rights of the tenants. Thereafter the claims of the other insurance companies were assigned to the plaintiff, which brought this action to recover from the defendants the aggregate amount of the loss, on the ground that the…
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- Dechert v. Municipal Electric Light Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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