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Murdo Tolmie, as Surviving Partner of the Firm of Wood & Tolmie, Appellant, v. The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, Respondent, 1906 — 183 N.Y. 581 · caselaw · US
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Murdo Tolmie, as Surviving Partner of the Firm of Wood & Tolmie, Appellant, v. The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, Respondent
183 N.Y. 581·New York Court of Appeals·1906·NY
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Murdo Tolmie, as Surviving Partner of the Firm of Wood & Tolmie, Appellant, v. The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, Respondent.
(Argued January 12, 1906;
decided January 30, 1906.)
Tolmie v. Fidelity v. Casualty Co., 95 App. Div. 352, affirmed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered June 29; 1904, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict directed by the court and an order denying a motion for a new trial.
L. Laflin Kellogg and Alfred C. Petté for appellant.
Edwin A. Jones for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs, no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., O’Brien, Haight, Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett and Hiscock, JJ.