Nugent v. Rensselaer County Mutual Fire Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Rensselaer County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, from a judgment -of the County Court of Rensselaer county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rensselaer on the 8tli day of December, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in •said clerk’s office on the 8tli day of December, 1904, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Chase, J.:
The defendant is a domestic mutual tire insurance company doing business in the county of Rensselaer, N. T. It has a board of directors and officers including a president,, secretary and treasurer, and a vice-president who is also the general manager of the company. It is made the duty of the general manager of the company to approve or disapprove applications for insurance' and adjust losses. Policies of insurance are generally issued for the company by the secretary, bearing the signature of the president and secretary.
On 2d day of January, 1904, the plaintiff applied to a local…
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