Green River Distilling Co. v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Green River Distilling Company, from a determination and order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, First Department, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New, York on the 21st day of December, 1920, reversing a judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, Ninth District, in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
Plaintiff and defendant are both foreign corporations duly authorized to do business here and each had an office in the city of New York for the transaction of its business. On the 21st-of March, 1919, defendant issued an automobile liability policy on an automobile truck owned by the plaintiff which it used in its business. On the 27th of June, 1919, the truck, while in use by the plaintiff, struck and fatally injured one Eggert, in the borough of Brooklyn. Eggert’s administrator brought an action in the Supreme Court in Kings county against the plaintiff to recover $25,000 for…
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- Dilleber v. . Home Life Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Brewster v. Empire State Surety Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
- Cassidy v. Taylor Brewing & Malting Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Holdgate v. ClarkNew York Supreme Court · 1833