Legal Opinion
St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church v. Westchester Fire Insurance
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 16, 1971PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtRobert O. Brink, J.
Plaintiff has brought an action to recover the sum of $9,400 on a $10,000 fire insurance policy issued by the defendant insurance company. Defendant, in its answer, denied plaintiff’s damages and also denied knowledge as to plaintiff’s interest in the burned property. The case was tried before this court, without a jury, on December 7,1970.
The facts are essentially undisputed. Plaintiff, a Roman Catholic Church incorporated pursuant to the Religious Corporation Law of New York, purchased a two-family residence at 13 Doubleday Street, Binghamton, N. Y., on or about July 11,1968, for the sum of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Riggs v. Commercial Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Holmes v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1963
- Irwin v. Westchester Fire InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1908
- Robert L. Bailey v. Gulf Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
- Wall v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1933
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- Paterson-Leitch Co. v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1973