McCoubray v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Orange on the 22d day of November, 1899, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial before the court without a jury at the Orange Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P: J.:
The action is brought to reform a policy of fire insurance issued by the defendant and to recover the amount of the policy as *417reformed. The policy in question insured the husband of the plaintiff, for three years, against loss by fire to the amount of $1,400 on a frame dwelling and $100 on a barn, both situated in Wurtsboro, Sullivan county, loss, if any, first payable to mortgagee as interest may appear. The property was owned by the plaintiff and had been previously insured in her name by the Nassau Insurance Company, through J. E. Winter, an insurance agent at…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hay v. . Star Fire Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
3Cited by4 opinions
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