Schindler v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the City Court of the city of Hew York, rendered upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff, and also from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Per curiam
This action was brought to recover upon a policy issued by the defendant to the plaintiff insuring the plaintiff against “ Direct loss by burglary, larceny or theft.”
On the morning of February 9, 1904, the plaintiff’s wife placed a bag containing jewelry in a closet. She locked the *533closet, but left the key in the door. She was not at the house in the afternoon until about four-thirty or five o’clock. The servant in the employ of the plaintiff was also out during this afternoon and returned about half an hour before the plaintiff’s wife. At about eight o’clock in the evening, the plaintiff’s…
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