German American Insurance v. New York Gas & Electric Light, Heat & Power Co. 185 N.Y. 581

German American Insurance Company, Respondent, v. The New York Gas and Electric Light, Heat and Power Company et al., Appellants.

German Am. Ins. Co. v. N. Y. Gas & E. L., H. & P. Co., 103 App. Div. 310, affirmed.

(Argued May 18, 1906;

decided June 5, 1906.)

Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 15, 1905, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial in an action to recover the amount of losses sustained by the occupants of a building by reason of a fire alleged to have been occasioned through defendant’s negligence, which losses had been paid by the plaintiff and its assignors.

Henry J. Hemmens and Samuel A. Beardsley for appellants.

Richard J. Donovan and Herbert D. Cohen for respondent.