O'Gorman & Young, Inc. v. Phcenix Assur. Co., Ltd.
Decision Date | 20 May 1929 |
Docket Number | Nos. 112, 113.,s. 112, 113. |
Citation | 146 A. 370 |
Parties | O'GORMAN & YOUNG, Inc., v. PHCENIX ASSUR. CO., LIMITED, OF LONDON, ENGLAND. SAME v. HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO. OF HARTFORD. |
Court | New Jersey Supreme Court |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Essex County.
Actions by O'Gorman & Young, Inc., against the Phoenix Assurance Company, Limited, of London, England and the Hartford Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn. Plaintiff's motion to strike the answers was denied, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
This was an action at law in the Essex circuit court for damages for breach of a contract for negotiating and selling policies of fire insurance. Motion was made before Hon. Nelson Y. Dungan, circuit court judge, to strike out the answers filed by the defendants, for the alleged reason that they did not set up a legal defense. At the conclusion of the argument, the judge declined to strike the answers, delivering the following opinion;:
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