Empire Development Co. v. Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Title Guarantee and Trust Company, from' a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 3d day of March, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, both sides having moved for the direction of the verdict at the close of the case, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office.on the same day denying defendant’s motion for a new trial…
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Appeal by the defendant, Title Guarantee and Trust Company, from' a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 3d day of March, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, both sides having moved for the direction of the verdict at the close of the case, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office.on the same day denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
The defendant is a corporation organized, among other things, to examine and insure titles to real property. The action is brought upon a policy of title insurance, dated April 4, 1907, issued by defendant to the plaintiff Edward 0. Gains *117borg, and by him assigned (with consent of defendant) to the plaintiff Empire Development Company. The essential facts are not in dispute.
In the winter of 1906-1907 one Samuel G-ainsborg, now deceased, the father of plaintiff Edward C. G-ainsborg, entered upon negotiations to purchase from the executors of Catharine M. Andrews, deceased, a large…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Palliser v. Title InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1908
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