Norwich & New York Transportation Co. v. Western Massachusetts Insurance
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut
Assumpsit on a policy of insurance. Verdict for the plaintiffs and motion for a new trial by defendants. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtShipman, J.
This is an action at law founded upon a policy of insurance against loss or damage by ñre. The case was tried to the jury and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiffs, whereupon the defendants now move for a new trial on the ground of alleged misdirection of the court in the charge to the jury. As there are a number of other cases depending in this court upon similar policies growing out of the loss of the steamer in question, it will be well to make a full statement of this one now before us, and settle, so far as this court is concerned, the legal principles applicable to the main features…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Tayloe v. Merchants' Fire Ins. Co. of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- McMasters v. Westchester County Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1841
- Francis v. Ocean Insurance Co.New York Supreme Court · 1826
3Cited by39 opinions
- Farnum v. Phoenix InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
- Dezell v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- Knickerbocker Life Insurance v. PendletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Schwarzbach v. Ohio Valley Protective UnionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
- Gerringer v. North Carolina Home InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
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