Wheelock v. Chapman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William M. Chapman, attorney and manager of the Capitol Fire Lloyds of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 31st day of March, 1898, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial before the court without a jury at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
On the 24tli of June, 1895, the plaintiff’s - assignor applied for insurance on certain property in the Capitol Fire Lloyds and received a policy, which, among other things, provided that “No action shall be brought to enforce the provisions of this policy, except against the general manager as attorney in fact, and representing all of the underwriters, and each of the underwriters hereby agrees to abide the result of any suit so brought as fixing his individual responsibility hereunder. Judgment entered in such an action shall be satisfied out of the premiums in the hands of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Leiter v. BeecherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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