Ripley v. . the &198tna Ins. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the judgment of the general term of the Supreme Court of the first district, affirming, a judgment in favor of the plaintiff at the Circuit, and from an order affirming an order denying a motion for a new trial made on the judge’s minutes, at the Circuit.
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Appeal from the judgment of the general term of the Supreme Court of the first district, affirming, a judgment in favor of the plaintiff at the Circuit, and from an order affirming an order denying a motion for a new trial made on the judge’s minutes, at the Circuit. The action was upon a policy of insurance issued by the defendant upon the factory building, and the stock and goods therein, of the Glendale Woolen Company, a corporation located and doing business at Glendale, in the state of Massachusetts. The defendant is a corporation duly organized, and located and doing business at…
1Opinion of the CourtMullin, J.
Much evidence was given on the trial for the purpose of reforming the application for insurance, so that the answers to the questions in regard to the keeping a watchman in the factory should be made to express the understanding of both parties on that subject. But, inasmuch as the learned justice who tried the cause held that the application needed no reformation; that, by its terms, the insured were not bound to keep a watchman in the factory from twelve o’clock on Saturday night until twelve o’clock on Sunday night; the case is relieved of the questions raised on the trial, as to the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jennings v. Chenango Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1846
- Ames v. . N.Y. Union Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1856
- Bidwell v. . the North Western Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Bidwell v. . Northwestern Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Brown v. . the Cattaraugus County Mutual Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
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- Continental Life Insurance v. RogersIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
- Parsons, Rich & Co. v. LaneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
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