NEWMAN v. NEWARK FIRE INS. CO., INC.


281 A.D. 852 (1953)

Sarah Newman, Respondent, v. Newark Fire Insurance Company, Incorporated, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

February 24, 1953.


Order reversed on the law and the facts, with $10 costs and disbursements, and motion denied, without costs.

In our opinion the facts as to the loss or theft of the insured articles are exclusively within the knowledge of the moving party, since appellant has only hearsay knowledge thereof, derived from statements made by respondent herself. In such a case summary judgment should not be granted, and respondent should be required to prove her case by common-law proof...

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