Foley v. Farragut Fire Insurance
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court. Action by Edward H. Foley and John Costello against the Farragut Fire Insurance Company on a fire insurance policy. From a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury directed by the court in favor of plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The question presented upon this appeal, briefly •stated, is as follows: Plaintiffs insured with defendant three wooden houses in process of construction by a contractor upon their premises, and upon stone foundations built by themselves. Under the terms of the contract, the builder was to furnish all materials, and do all the work, and he was to be paid within 10 days after the completion of the houses. The amount of the insurance was “four hundred dollars upon each of their three two-story frame, •shingle-roofed buildings, and extensions thereto,” etc., and was not to exceed, in all,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Grosvenor v. . the Atlantic Fire Insurance Co. of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Waring v. . the Indemnity Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Cone v. . Niagara Fire Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Riggs v. Commercial Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Excelisor F. Ins. Co. v. . R. Ins. Co. of Liverp'l.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
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