Curnen v. Law Union & Rock Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Law Union and Rock Insurance Company, Limited, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 9th day of April, 1913, upon the decision of the court, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
Plaintiff recovered for a loss of $1,500 under the defendant’s policy. The insurance was on furniture and personal effects “contained in or on the building, additions and extensions thereto, situate northeast-cor. of 2nd Street, and Wolf’s Lane, Pelham Heights, New York. Occupied as frame dwelling.” Plaintiff for two years previously had carried a $5,000 policy with the defendant, with the same description, which had been renewed early in 1911. Part of the effects were then removed, so that the plaintiff then surrendered this policy, and his insurance was reduced to $1,500 by the…
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- DeNoyelles v. Delaware InsuranceAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1912
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