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London Assurance Corp. v. King

47 N.Y.S. 1140 Court N.Y. App. Div. English

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LONDON ASSUR. CORP., Appellant, v. KING, Respondent.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
October, 1897.)

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Action by the London Assurance Corporation against Horatio C. King.
W. W. MacFarland, for appellant.
Michael H. Cardozo, for respondent.

The question presented in this case is substantially the same as that pre

p. 1141
sented in the case of Corporation v. Thompson (decided herewith) 47 N. Y. Supp. 830 . For the reasons assigned for the decision in that case, the judgment appealed from is reversed, and judgment directed for the plaintiff against the defendant for his share of one sixteenth of the value of the turpentine in the sheds .of Downing & Co., at Brunswick, Ga., destroyed by fire, and which was covered by the policy issued by the plaintiff; such amount to be ascertained upon the settlement of the judgment upon this appeal.