Sands v. Hill
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL by the defendant from a'jndgment entered against him, in favor of the plaintiff, in the office of the clerk of Otsego county, upon the report of a referee. The facts, so far as they are necessary to a correct understanding of the decision of this court, are contained in the following opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Balcom, J.
This action was founded upon a premium note in the words and figures following, viz: “$400. For value received in policy No. 423, dated the 10th day of October, 1851, issued by the Columbian Insurance Company, I promise to pay the said company the sum of four hundred dollars, in such portions and at such time or times as the directors may, agreeably to their charter and by-laws, require. (Signed) Henby Hill.”
The most important question in the case is whether the plaintiff gave sufficient evidence of losses by the company to justify him in making the assessment by which…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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