HAFIF v. CALEDONIAN-AMERICAN INSURANCE CO. OF N. Y.


127 F.Supp. 639 (1955)

Isaac HAFIF, Plaintiff, v. CALEDONIAN-AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, The Commonwealth Insurance Company of New York, American Equitable Assurance Company of New York, Fire Association of Philadelphia, Atlas Assurance Company, Limited, and The Yorkshire Insurance Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

January 25, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferris, Adams & Creidy, New York City, for plaintiff.

Macpeak, Abrams & Bleich, New York City, for all defendants except Commonwealth Ins. Co. of New York.

Lowenstein, Pitcher, Amann & Parr, New York City, for defendant, Commonwealth Ins. Co. of New York.


BICKS, District Judge.

Petitioner, a citizen of New York, commenced this suit in the state Supreme Court against six insurance companies seeking recovery from each of them of its proportionate share of a fire loss sustained by plaintiff. The complaint alleges that each of the six defendants issued a policy of fire insurance covering certain property in St. Louis; that the insured property was damaged or destroyed by fire; and that the defendants duly signed a non...

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