Trustees of the First Baptist Church v. Brooklyn Fire Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court. The action was upon a contract of insurance upon the church edifice of the plaintiffs. It was tried before a jury, at the circuit, and a verdict was rendered for the defendants. Apd from the judgment rendered thereon, the plaintiffs appealed. Several exceptions were taken, on the trial, by the defendants, which are noticed in the following opinions:
1Opinion of the Court
This action was brought to recover the sum of $5000, alleged to have been insured by the defendants upon the plaintiffs' church edifice which was consumed by fire in September, 1848. There was no written contract of insurance existing at the time the church was burned, but it had been insured one year from July 21, 1855, by a policy issued by the defendants at that date, and the instrument contained the usual clause that the insurance might be continued for such further time as should be agreed on, by the payment of the premium and by having it indorsed thereon or a receipt given therefor. It…
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