Tilbrook v. United States Casualty Co.

228 A.D. 841

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: March 15, 1930
• Status: Published

Opinion

ment reversed upon the law and the facts, with costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs. The answer adequately pleaded the defenses based upon fraudulent misrepresentations of material facts. The undisputed facts established that the representation contained in clause “ 1 ” of the applieartion was false, and that representation was material as a matter of law under the undisputed facts herein. No question of fact existed for submission to the jury with respect to whether such representation was intentional or was due to mistake. (American Surety Co. v. Patriotic Assurance Co., 242 N. Y. 54, 64; Satz v. Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. Co., 243 id. 385, 393; Bollard v. New York Life Insurance Company, 182 App. Div. 915; affd., 228 N. Y. 521; Armour v. Transatlantic Fire Ins. Co., 80 id. 450, 456; Ins. Law, § 107, subd. f .) This disposition with respect to that clause makes unnecessary a decision of the same and similar questions with respect to clause “ k ” as the determination with respect to clause “ 1 ” is decisive of the controversy herein. Lazansky, P. J., Young, Kapper, Hagarty and Carswell, JJ., concur.