Legal Opinion
Muttontown Golf & Country Club, Inc. v. Firemen's Insurance
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided February 11, 1971Published
1Opinion of the CourtEdward Goodell, J.
The plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is based upon a policy issued by the defendant insuring the plaintiff against loss 11 caused by theft, larceny, robbery or pilferage.”
The claimed loss in this case relates to a number of electric carts used on the plaintiff’s golf course.
It is alleged by the plaintiff that on the night of June 11, 1968 six of these carts, in accordance with the plaintiff’s custom, were stored in an open shed and that each cart was linked to the other by a chain that was locked. It is also alleged that the ignition keys to the carts were kept in the plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Archer v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Block v. Standard Ins. Co. of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Dembitzer v. GilliamNew York Supreme Court · 1964
- Warren v. Postal Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914