Legal Opinion
Rifkin v. Stuyvesant Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 6, 1934PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGlennon, J.
The complaint is based on a policy of insurance issued February 3, 1932, by defendant to plaintiff, the owner of a Buick automobile, insuring the plaintiff against its theft. The *541amount of the pohcy is $1,200. It is alleged in the complaint that the automobile was stolen on May 26, 1932.
The defendant in its answer set up as a first affirmative defense that on March 1, 1932, plaintiff executed and dehvered a chattel mortgage upon the automobile to the Tri-State Discount Company. The plaintiff’s pohcy concededly contained the following provision: “ Unless otherwise provided by agreement in…
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- O'Connor Transportation Co. v. Glens Falls InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
- O'Connor Transp. Co., Inc. v. . Glens Falls Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1922
- Woodside Brewing Co. v. Pacific Fire InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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