Reese v. Fidelity & Deposit 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 New York, entered on the verdict of a jury and from the order denying the motion to set aside the verdict.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiff has recovered a judgment for the sum of $672.50 in an action brought upon a policy insuring him against, loss from burglary, theft or larceny. The answer consists of a general denial and also sets up three affirmative defenses. The first defense sets forth that, the plaintiff falsely represented that his occupation was that of a mining promoter, that this representation was false and that immediately upon discovering the falsity of this state*33ment the defendant returned to the plaintiff the sum of $15 and certain papers which the plaintiff filed or attempted to file in compliance…
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