Legal Opinion
Sterling Spinning & Stamping Works, Inc. v. Chicago Fire and Marine Ins.
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided May 8, 1930Published
1Opinion of the Court
Spiegelberg,
Official Referee. These actions are brought to recover a fire loss sustained by the plaintiff. The appraisal clause *350in the policies, so far as applicable, reads: “ In case the insured and this Company shall fail to agree as to the amount of loss or damage, each shall, on the written demand of either, select a competent and disinterested appraiser.”
The parties having been unable to agree upon the amount of the loss, the plaintiff demanded an appraisal and gave the name of the person selected- as appraiser. The agent for the defendants designated John Hankin as* their choice for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Coon v. National Fire InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1925
- Cohen v. Atlas Assurance Co. of LondonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Coon v. National Fire Insurance Company of HartfordNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Remington Paper Co. v. London Assurance Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896