Bigler v. New York Central Insurance
New York Supreme Court
MOTION by the plaintiff for judgment upon a verdict in his favor, at the circuit, subject to the opinion of the court, upon a case. The action was upon a policy of insurance.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Mason, J.
This case was tried before me at the Broome circuit in February last, and after hearing all the evidence in the case I directed a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to *636the opinion of the court on a case to be made. I think this policy is broad enough to cover the machinery and fixtures in the mill. The insurance was for $1000, on the plaintiffs’ steam sawmill. The steam saw-mill embraces the whole thing—the whole mill, with its apparatus. It does not mean merely the building itself, but includes the whole machinery necessary to make it a steam saw-mill in all its parts.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Carpenter v. Providence Washington InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- Stacey v. Franklin Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
- Westlake v. St. Lawrence County Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1852
- Sexton v. Montgomery County Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1848
- Driggs v. Albany InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1851
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