Hicks v. British America Assurance Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered February 8, 1897, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict, and an order denying a motion for a new trial. This action was brought to recover on an alleged oral contract to insure a certain building in the village of Penn Tan, entered into between George C. Hicks, the plaintiff’s assignor, and Melmoth Hobart, the agent-of the defendant.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered February 8, 1897, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict, and an order denying a motion for a new trial. This action was brought to recover on an alleged oral contract to insure a certain building in the village of Penn Tan, entered into between George C. Hicks, the plaintiff’s assignor, and Melmoth Hobart, the agent-of the defendant. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Hobart, the agent of the defendant, had no power to make a parol…
1Opinion of the Court
Parker, Ch. J.
We are agreed that the verdict of the jury establishes that on the 30th day of December, 1893, defendant’s agent Hobart had a conversation with Colonel Hicks, plaintiff’s assignor, the legal effect of which was to create a contract of present insurance in the sum of §2,500.00 upon property of Colonel Hicks, which was consumed by fire two days later. The agreement that the contract ivas one of present insurance accords Avitli the allegations of the complaint, the theory of the counsel as shown by their method of trial and the charge of the court. That position cannot be attacked…
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