Heilbrunn v. German Alliance Ins. Co. of New York
| Decision Date | 16 June 1911 |
| Citation | 202 N.Y. 610,95 N.E. 823 |
| Parties | HEILBRUNN v. GERMAN ALLIANCE INS. CO. OF NEW YORK. |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
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Appeal from Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
Action by Simon Heilbrunn against the German Alliance Insurance Company of New York. From the judgment of the Appellate Division (140 App. Div. 557,125 N. Y. Supp. 374), reversing an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
See, also, 126 N. Y. Supp. 1131.Alton B. Parker and Leo Levy, for appellant.
Jacob R. Schiff, for respondent.
The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion of Scott, J., below. Heilbrunn v. German Alliance Ins. Co., 140 App. Div. 557,125 N. Y. Supp. 374 .
We admit that insurance companies ought to have more protection in the matter of the time within which actions upon their policies must be brought, and possibly in other respects, than has been afforded them under the decision of the Appellate Division in this case; but the difficulty is that the language of those stipulations or conditions of the policy which relate to the proceedings after the liability of the company has accrued through the fire, does not enable or permit us to apply them to the mortgagee in such part only as may be practicable or expedient. We must hold (unless our decision is to be wholly arbitrary) that all those stipulations, which in terms relate to the mortgagor only, apply equally to he mortgagor and mortgagee, or we must hold that none of them do. The former dictates that which is impossible of performance. The remedy of the companies is to apply to the Legislature for leave to modify, as to the matters indicated, the standard fire insurance policy of the state of New York.
On the merits we concur with the opinion of Scott, J., below.
The order of the Appellate Division in this case should, therefore, be affirmed, with cists, and the question certified answered in the affirmative.
Order affirmed.
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