Home Insurance v. Continental Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Continental Insurance Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, bearing date the 10th day of December, 1900, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York upon the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
This action was brought upon a policy of reinsurance issued by the appellant, the Continental Insurance Company, to the respondents, the Home Insurance Company of New York and the Phcenix Insurance Company of Hartford, The plaintiffs had a judgment for the amount claimed, from which the defendant has appealed.
The facts as to which there is no dispute are as follows: On the 13th of June, 1895, the plaintiffs issued a joint policy insuring certain property of one Heilner, for the term of one year, in the sum of $10,000 against all direct loss or damage by lire, and on the…
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