Legal Opinion

Skenandoa Rayon Corp. v. Halifax Fire Insurance

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 26, 1935PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.

A submitted controversy under section 546 of the Civil Practice Act presents the question whether section 109 of the Insurance Law applies to a policy, issued by a fire insurance corporation, which insures against loss resulting from fire or other stated causes for which the assured is hable either as a common or private carrier.

It appears from the agreed facts that on April 21, 1933, the plaintiff corporation engaged Beatrice Herman, doing business under the name and style of “ Mohawk Motor Freight ”—to whom we shall refer as the assured — to transport by motor truck from Utica, *280N. Y.,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Coleman v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
  2. Van Blaricom v. . DodgsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
  3. Brustein v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1931
  4. Merchants Mutual Automobile Liability Insurance v. SmartSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  5. Bakker v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1934

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. 175 East 74th Corp. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. Posner v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.New York Supreme Court · 1962
  3. In the Matter of F. O. Baroff Company, Inc., Debtor. American Bank & Trust Company v. Edward S. Davis, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
  4. Ellis Coat Co. v. United States Fire InsuranceAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1939
  5. American Bank & Trust Co. v. DavisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1976

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