Williams v. Pioneer Co-operative Fire Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Pioneer Co-operative Fire Insurance Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster on the 27th day of October, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 7th day of November, 1917, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
The judgment appealed from was recovered in an action upon a policy of fire insurance. A condition therein provided: “ This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void * * * if a building herein described, whether intended for occupancy by owner or tenant, be or become vacant or unoccupied and so remain for ten days.” The policy also provided as one of the stipulations and conditions upon which it was made and accepted: “If the dwelling be or becomes vacant or unoccupied, except in accordance with the provisions of this policy,…
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