MANHATTAN LIFE v. CONT'L INS.


33 N.Y.2d 370 (1974)

Manhattan Life Insurance Company, Respondent, v. Continental Insurance Companies, Appellant, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Glatzer for appellant.

Charles M. Schutzman and A. Edward Major for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, WACHTLER, RABIN and STEVENS concur.


JONES, J.

We are asked to decide whether transmittal of an executed deed to real property in the factual circumstances of this case constituted legal delivery effective to transfer title and thus to fix insurance liability for a destruction of the property by fire.

On an agreed statement of facts submitted pursuant to CPLR 3222, the trial court held that prior to the fire in this case there had been a...

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