Marshall v. Reading Fire Insurance Co. of Reading
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Clinton county. Action by Sidney G-. Marshall against the Reading Fire Insurance Company. From a judgment entered on a verdict directed in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial on the minutes, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMayham, P. J.
On the 1st day of March, 1893, the defendant, a foreign corporation, issued by its agent an insurance policy to the plaintiff, in consideration of a cash premium of $13.75, at that time paid by the plaintiff to the agent of the defendant, to indemnify the plaintiff in the sum of $1,000 on stock and $100 on store against loss and damage by fire. The person who took this risk acted as agent for the defendant, and had been so acting for several years previous thereto, was furnished with policies in blank by the defendant, signed by the officers of the defendant, and to the knowledge of the *335plaint…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ellis v. . Albany City Fire Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Post & Dowding v. Ætna InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1864
- Ruggles v. American Central Insurance Co. of St. LouisNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Arff v. Star Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
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- Corbett v. Physicians' Casualty Ass'n of AmericaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
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