Legal Opinion
Greve v. Aetna Live-Stock Ins.
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 12, 1894PublishedCited by 18 opinions
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Louis Greve against Aetna Live-Stock Insurance Company on a policy of insurance. From an interlocutory judgment entered on an order sustaining a demurrer to one of the defenses set up by defendant in its answer, defendant appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
This action is brought on a policy of insurance, the venue being laid in New York county. The answer alleged as one of its defenses that the policy of insurance upon which the action was based provided:
“This policy of insurance is a contract made and to be performed in Glens Falls, Warren county, New York, and should be construed only according to the laws of the state of New York and the company’s articles of incorporation; and any suit or action, at law or in equity, for the recovery of any claim or enforcement thereof hereunder, shall be brought and maintained, and shall be sustainable…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Home Ins. Co. v. MorseSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Guaranty Trust and Safe Deposit Co. v. Green Cove Springs and Melrose RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Matter of of N.Y., L. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Crane v. FrenchMississippi Supreme Court · 1860
- Reichard v. Manhattan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1862
3Cited by18 opinions
- Mittenthal v. MascagniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Daley v. People's Building, Loan & Saving Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Nashua River Paper Co. v. Hammermill Paper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Merchants' Reciprocal Underwriters of Dallas v. First Nat. Bank of CanadianCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
- Eaton v. International Travelers' Ass'n of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
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