Compton v. Beecher
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, William 0. Beecher and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in -favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk p'f- the county of Miagara- on the 24tli day of October, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,656 damages,' rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order bearing date, the l'5th day of September,, 1896, and, entered in said clerk’s . ' office, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the…
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Appeal by the defendants, William 0. Beecher and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in -favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk p'f- the county of Miagara- on the 24tli day of October, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,656 damages,' rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order bearing date, the l'5th day of September,, 1896, and, entered in said clerk’s . ' office, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minuteSi
1Opinion of the Court
Follett, J.:
This" action was begun October 19, 1895, to recover on a policy of insurance issued by the “ Indemnity Fire Lloyds,” November 26, 1894, insuring the Middleport Manufacturing Company against loss or damages by fire until November 26, 1895, on property which it is conceded was destroyed by fire June 6, 1895; and it was proved on the trial, and'not disputed, that the loss exceeded the amount of the insurance on the property burned.
The policy is known as a Lloyds policy. Sixteen firms and persons underwrote this policy by their attorneys, Beecher & Co., every underwriter assuming a…
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