Phœnix Fire Insurance v. Philip
New York Supreme Court
Error from the superior court of the city of New York. This was an action on a fire policy on the stock of merchandise and materials of the plaintiff a hair-worker, and on hi.s shop fixtures, and furniture, useful and ornamental, and on his wearing apparel contained in a two story frame building situate in N. York, The amount insured was $12,000,the policy bore date 1st May, 1828,and the insurance was for one year.
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Error from the superior court of the city of New York. This was an action on a fire policy on the stock of merchandise and materials of the plaintiff a hair-worker, and on hi.s shop fixtures, and furniture, useful and ornamental, and on his wearing apparel contained in a two story frame building situate in N. York, The amount insured was $12,000,the policy bore date 1st May, 1828,and the insurance was for one year. On 9th December, 1828, the buildingin which the property was took fire,and the property insured was burnt, destroyed and damaged, so that the plaintiff claimed $11,099,®. To prove…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Savage, Ch. J.
Witnesses skilled in handwriting have been received to prove whether, in their opinion, certain instruments were written in a natural or an imitated character, and of course to prove whether they were genuine or forged. This species of evidence differs very little, if at all, from proof of comparison of hand-writing, which is inadmissible. The comparison of hands which is inadmissible,is that arising from the juxta-position of two writings, in order to ascertain whether both were written by the same person—and this is not admitted; but the witness is permitted to…
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