Slocum v. Saratoga & Washington Fire Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Saratoga and Washington Fire Insurance Company of Saratoga and Washington Counties, from a judgment .of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Dutchess on the 13th day of June, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 27th day of June, 1911, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, P. J.:
The action is brought upon a fire insurance policy of the standard form, the plaintiff gained a verdict at Trial Term and *868the defendant appeals. One of the defenses pleaded is that the plaintiff did not comply with a provision of the policy: “If fire occur the insured shall give immediate notice of any loss thereby in writing to this company, * * * and, within sixty days after the fire, unless such time is extended in writing by this company, shall render a statement to this company, signed and sworn to by said insured, stating tho knowledge and belief of the insured as to the…
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- Peabody v. . SatterleeNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
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- National Wall Paper Co. v. Associated Manufacturers' Mutual Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- M. G. Singleton & Co. v. Boone County Home Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
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