Bradshaw v. Agricultural Insurance of Watertown
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made December 8, 1891, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered apon a verdict.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made December 8, 1891, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered apon a verdict. This action was brought to set aside an award made by appraisers under a policy of insurance issued by defendant, a fire insurance company, to one James J. Bradshaw, deceased, and to recover damages for the destruction by fire of the property insured. • The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. It was not necessary to give any notice to the plaintiffs of the time or…
1Opinion of the CourtPeckham, J.
In October, 1887, the defendant issued a fire insurance policy for $3,000 for three years to the plaintiffs’ devisor upon a dAvelling house owned and occupied by him in Schenectady, in this state. In March, 1890, the building took fire and was nearly destroyed and the devisor of the plaintiffs was at the same time suffocated in the flames. The will of the deceased was duly proved and about the 21th of March, 1890, an agreement for the appointment of appraisers was entered into pursuant to the provisions of the policy, for the purpose of determining the loss. The appraisers immediately…
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