Mead v. Saratoga & Washington Fire Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Saratoga and Washington Fire Insurance Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff,, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rensselaer on the 22d day of May, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order bearing date the 12th day of May, 1902,. and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Chase, J.:
The defendant is a co-operative fire insurance company; it does business through agents, but assumes no liability until applications for insurance are approved by its executive committee.
During the summer of 1899 plaintiff erected a two-story, shingle-roofed meat market in Corinth, N. T. The meat market included *283an office, a refrigerator and also other fittings suitable for the business of selling meat. One P. was the agent of the defendant at Corinth. His duties were to solicit insurance. He took applications for insurance on blanks furnished by the defendant, fixed the amount of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McNally v. Phœnix InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Rowley v. . the Empire Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1867
- O'Brien v. . Home Benefit SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Sanders v. . CooperNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Miller v. . Phoenix Mutual Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
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