American Lucol Co. v. Lowe
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, William E. Lowe and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 31st day of March, 1899, upon the decision of tlje court, rendered after a trial before the court without a jury at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Barrett, J.:
This action is against the underwriters of wliat is known as a Lloyd policy. These underwriters were associated under the name *502and style of The Indemnity Lloyds. The execution of the policy was conceded, the loss and the proof of loss. The amount due from the underwriters was proved and was not disputed. The defense rested upon two points : First, that the causes of action against the underwriters were several, and consequently that each underwriter should have been sued alone. Second, that suit had not, in the first instance, been brought against the attorneys in fact for the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Leiter v. BeecherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Straus v. HoadleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Wheelock v. ChapmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898