Voisin v. Commercial Mutual Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Stevens Voisin, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 12th day of September, 1900, setting aside the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff and granting the defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The plaintiff is the transferee of the bills of lading of certain goods said to have been shipped from Vera Cruz, Mexico, by Antonio Hoffman, doing business under the firm name of Hoffman Hermanos, upon the bark L. S. Ocmn, upon which the plaintiff procured valued policies of insurance to be issued by the defendant and other companies. The ship having been lost, he brought this action to recover from the defendant the amount of the policies. It is unnecessary to recite the various proceedings which have been had in this long and unfortunate litigation, but it is sufficient to say…
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