Bush Terminal Co. v. Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the plaintiff, Bush Terminal Company, for a new trial upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard in the Appellate Division in the first instance after the direction of a verdict for defendant at the close of the case, both sides having then moved for the direction of a verdict. The trial was had at the New York Trial Term in June, 1917.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.:
Plaintiff is engaged in business as a warehouseman occupying premises which it owns in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York. A part of its business is conducted under the .name of “ Independent Stores ” (the name of the former owner of the property) on property bounded by Fortieth street, Fifty-first street, Second avenue and the water front in said borough. The remainder of the business is conducted under its own name in property owned by it to the north of the “ Independent Stores.” On March 23, 1915, defendant issued its policy of fire insurance to plaintiff in the sum of…
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