Chodorow v. Berkshire Mutual Fire Insurance

The parties have submitted their controversy upon an agreed statement of facts pursuant to section 546 of the Civil Practice Act and section 124 of the New York City Municipal Court Code (L. 1915, ch. 279).

The action is based on a general property floater policy of insurance issued by defendant to plaintiff insuring him, as bailee of his customers’ clothing, against certain risks or perils in respect thereto occurring in the course of operation of his laundry business.

As permitted by the policy, it was plaintiff’s custom to deliver to an outside laundry clothing belonging to his customers for…