Underwood v. Greenwich Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, New York county. Action by William J. Underwood and another, as executors of Emory M. Van Tassel, deceased, against the Greenwich Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiff entered on a directed verdict, and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals.
1DissentRumsey, J.
This case has been tried four times, and has been to the court of appeals twice. The action was originally brought to recover the sum of $5,000, claimed by the original plaintiff to be the amount of an insurance made by the defendant on his property. The contract was represented by a binding, slip issued on the 1st of January, 1891, in the usual form, for $10,000; but it appeared that on the ' 7th day of January the defendant sent to the plaintiff’s agent a letter stating that the application of the plaintiff for $10,000 of insurance was declined, but that the company would renew for $5,000,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Underwood v. . Greenwich Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Van Tassel v. . Greenwich Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Van Tassel v. Greenwich InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1893
- Van Tassel v. Greenwich InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898