New York Court of Appeals, 1931

Kilroy v. United States Fire Insurance

Kilroy v. United States Fire Insurance
New York Court of Appeals · Decided July 15, 1931
257 N.Y. 520; 178 N.E. 777; 1931 N.Y. LEXIS 891

Kilroy v. United States Fire Insurance

Opinion of the Court

Judgment of the Appellate Division and that of the Trial Term reversed, and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event, on the ground that there was error in excluding testimony as to the cost of other pictures claimed .to be the property of the plaintiff and that if such testimony had been admitted, there would have been a question of fact for the jury as to a fraudulent overvaluation of the subject of the policy; no opinion. (See 257 N. Y. 580.)

Concur: Cardozo, Ch. J., Pound, Crane, Lehman, Kellogg, O’Brien and Hubbs, JJ.

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