Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of the City of New York, Volume 8W.C. Little & Company, 1855 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 191
... insured . By a policy dated September 8 , 1849 , the defendant insured James M. Hood & Co. against loss or damage by fire to the amount of $ 7,500 , " on a ship on the stocks in a ship - yard , on the west side of Taunton River , in ...
... insured . By a policy dated September 8 , 1849 , the defendant insured James M. Hood & Co. against loss or damage by fire to the amount of $ 7,500 , " on a ship on the stocks in a ship - yard , on the west side of Taunton River , in ...
Page 192
... insured , and left in the printed form for the description of the subject insured , that is to say : September 20 , '49 . This insurance is transferred to cover barque ( on the stocks near said ship ) building for Howes , God- frey & Co ...
... insured , and left in the printed form for the description of the subject insured , that is to say : September 20 , '49 . This insurance is transferred to cover barque ( on the stocks near said ship ) building for Howes , God- frey & Co ...
Page 194
... insured ; nor whether , as a matter of fact , they were " lumber or building materials " mentioned in the subsequent insurance ; but per- emptorily directed the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiffs . Therefore , unless upon the ...
... insured ; nor whether , as a matter of fact , they were " lumber or building materials " mentioned in the subsequent insurance ; but per- emptorily directed the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiffs . Therefore , unless upon the ...
Page 195
... insured was : 1. A barque ; 2. On the stocks ; 3. Near the ship ; 4 . With the privilege of building another vessel alongside . This privilege would be nugatory , if the barque wherever situate or scattered was covered by the policy ...
... insured was : 1. A barque ; 2. On the stocks ; 3. Near the ship ; 4 . With the privilege of building another vessel alongside . This privilege would be nugatory , if the barque wherever situate or scattered was covered by the policy ...
Page 196
... insured themselves , in their preliminary proof under oath , deliberately and carefully made , described the pro- perty injured as " timber and lumber , " as " 442 pieces of timber , " as " ready to be put into the frame of the barque ...
... insured themselves , in their preliminary proof under oath , deliberately and carefully made , described the pro- perty injured as " timber and lumber , " as " 442 pieces of timber , " as " ready to be put into the frame of the barque ...
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accord and satisfaction admitted agent agreement alleged amount answer appear April assessed assignment authority averred Bank barque bill bill of exchange bond BOSWORTH camphene cargo cause of action cent charge charter-party checks claim Code complaint Connecticut contract costs court of equity covenant creditors damages debt debtor decision defendant delivered demand demurrer denied dollars DUER duty endorsed entitled evidence execution facts freight given ground Heubach Brothers Holsman insured interest issue John judge judgment jury Justice Justice Paine lease levy liable lien Mayor ment Mollmann mortgage motion notice nulla bona objection owner paid parties payable payment person plaintiff pleadings possession premises promissory note proof proved purchase question reason received recover remit set-off sheriff ship Smith sold special term statute suit sureties testified testimony thereof tiff tion trial usage verdict vessel Wend Westervelt witness York
Popular passages
Page 642 - A cause of action arising out of the contract or transaction set forth in the complaint as the foundation of the plaintiff's claim, or connected with the subject of the action ; 2.
Page 666 - The court may determine any controversy between parties before it, when it can be done without prejudice to the rights of others, or by saving their rights ; but when a complete determination of the controversy cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the court must order them to be brought in.
Page 108 - All deeds of gift, all conveyances, and all transfers or assignments, verbal or written, of goods, chattels, or things in action, made in trust for the use of the person making the same, shall be void as against the creditors, existing or subsequent, of such person.
Page 91 - ... together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances, thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues, and profits thereof; and also all the estate, right, title, interest.
Page 467 - The defendant may set forth by answer as many defences and counter-claims as he may have, whether they be such as have been heretofore denominated legal or equitable, or both.
Page 495 - No rule in the interpretation of a policy is more fully established, or more imperative and controlling, than that which declares that in all cases it must be liberally construed in favor of the insured, so as not to defeat, without a plain necessity, his claim to the Indemnity which, In making the insurance, it was his object to secure.
Page 429 - It is thoroughly settled, because universally held, that a wife has an insurable interest in the life of her husband, and...
Page 538 - ... upon such terms and conditions as in his judgment may appear best, and most for the interest of the parties concerned...
Page 627 - Persons severally liable upon the same obligation or instrument, including the parties to bills of exchange and promissory notes, and sureties on the same or separate instruments, may all or any of them be included in the same action, at the option of the plaintiff...
Page 440 - ... in witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals, the day and year first above written.