Lowell Manufacturing Co. v. Safeguard Fire Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of FTew York, entered upon an order made March 1, 1881, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of FTew York, entered upon an order made March 1, 1881, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee. This action was upon a policy of fire insurance issued by defendant, insuring plaintiff against “ loss or damage by fire, to the amount of $5,000, on carpets, their own or held by them in trust or on commission, or sold but not delivered,” contained in a building described, in the city of New York, which was the warehouse of George 0. Richardson & Co., commission ■merchants. The…
1Opinion of the CourtEasl, J.
At the time of the transactions out of which this litigation grew, George C. Bichardson & Co. were commission merchants carrying on a large business in the city of Mew York, having no merchandise of their own in their warehouse. Among their largest consignors were the Everitt mills, the Boot mills, the Lewiston mills, the Granite State mills and the Lowell Manufacturing Company, the plaintiff, all Mew England companies. The value of goods consigned for these companies respectively were, at the time in question, as follows:
For the Everitt mills........ $15,399 92
“ “ Boot mills..............…
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