Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1959

Mortenson v. Chook

Mortenson v. Chook
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 30, 1959
19 Misc. 2d 135; 193 N.Y.S.2d 915; 1959 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 3371

Counsel

George I. Janow for appellant., George H. Hamilton for Noah Chook, respondent., Jules B. St. Germain for Edwin Mortenson, respondent.

Mortenson v. Chook

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The plaintiffs’ property was not covered, at the time of its loss by the insurance policy issued by the defendant Fulton Fire Insurance Company to the defendants Chook and East End Dry Cleaners, Ltd. (Atlantic Fruit Co. v. Hamilton Fire Ins. Co., 251 N. Y. 98; 13 A. L. R. 2d 718, § 4; see, also, Rubin v. East|& West Ins. Co., 72 N. Y. S. 2d 885.)

The judgment in favor of plaintiffs against defendant Fulton Fire Insurance Company should be unanimously reversed on the law and facts, without costs, and complaint dismissed.

The judgment in favor of defendants Noah Chook and East End Dry Cleaners, Ltd. against the defendant Fulton Fire Insur*136anee Company on their cross complaint should be unanimously reversed on the law and facts and cross complaint dismissed, without costs.

Concur — Pette, Hart and Brown, JJ.

Judgment reversed, etc.

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