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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Harry and Jack Gershon, Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of Daily Fruit Company, Respondents, v. The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, Appellant.
    Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
    May 5, 1926.
    Insurance — robbery insurance —■ plaintiff insured against loss from robbery “ when transporting money * * * to or from”, premises 1253 Amsterdam avenue —■ plaintiff robbed while on way from theatre to his home in West One Hundred and Twenty-fourth street — loss not within terms of policy.
    Plaintiff, whom defendant insured against loss through robbery “ when transporting money or property of the assured to or from ” premises No. 1253 Amsterdam avenue, is not entitled to recover for a loss suffered by reason of being robbed while proceeding from a burlesque show on One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street to his home and new place of business at 603 West One Hundred and Twenty-fourth street, since the loss occurred under circumstances which were covered neither by the letter nor the spirit of the policy.
    Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Second District, in favor of plaintiff for $330.22, after a trial by a judge and jury.
    
      Nadal, Jones óc Mowton [Irving W. Young, Jr., of counsel], for the appellant.
    
      Carl Pack, for the respondent.
   Per Curiam.

Plaintiff sued on a Double Fraud Policy,” clause 4 of which reads: “ Against loss not exceeding $300 in the aggregate through the robbery, accompanied with violence or threat of violence, of the assured or any of the assured’s employees when transporting money or property of the assured to or from the premises above described from or to any place within five miles thereof.”

Plaintiff who was no longer doing business at “ the premises above described ” (1253 Amsterdam avenue), was robbed while going from a burlesque show on One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street near Eighth avenue to his home and alleged new place of business, 503 West One Hundred and Twenty-fourth street. The loss occurred under circumstances covered neither by the letter nor the spirit of the policy.

Judgment reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and complaint dismissed on the merits, with costs.

All concur; present, Bijur, Delehanty and Wagner, JJ.