Underwood v. Greenwich Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, New York county. Action by William J. Underwood and another, as executors of Emory M. Van Tassel, deceased, against the Greenwich Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiff entered on a directed verdict, and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
This action is brought to recover a sum of money secured to be paid under a claimed contract of insurance for loss against fire. The loss by fire has been sustained, and the only question arises upon the sufficiency of the contract to create a liability upon the part of the defendant to pay, to the extent of the insurance, the loss sustained. The case finds itself in this court for the fourth time, and it has twice been considered by the court of appeals. The facts have been several times stated, and it is not, therefore, necessary that we again set them out in detail. The instrument sued…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lipman v. Niagara Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Underwood v. . Greenwich Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Van Tassel v. . Greenwich Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Van Tassel v. Greenwich InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1893
- Van Tassel v. Greenwich InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898