Legal Opinion
Teeter v. Allstate Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 11, 1959PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHalpern, J.
This case presents the question of whether an insurance company has the right to rescind ah initia, on account of the fraud of the insured, an automobile liability insurance policy which was issued after the taking effect of the Motor Vehicle Financial Security Act (Vehicle and Traffic Law, §§ 93 to 93-k, as added by L. 1956, ch. 655), commonly known as the compulsory insurance law.
On August 15, 1957, the defendant insurance company, through its agent at a Sears, Roebuck store, issued to the plaintiff a binder for a liability insurance policy covering his automobile. At the same time, it gave…
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