Case Name: Fred A. Maxwell, Appellant, v. Royal Insurance Company, Limited, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1928-11
Citations: 225 A.D. 725
Docket Number: 
Parties: Fred A. Maxwell, Appellant, v. Royal Insurance Company, Limited, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 225
Pages: 725–725

Head Matter:
Fred A. Maxwell, Appellant, v. Royal Insurance Company, Limited, Respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed on the law and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event, upon the ground that the burden of proving that the building in question was vacant or unoccupied rested upon respondent (Perretta v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 106 Misc. 91; affd., 188 App. Div. 983), and upon the record that question was fairly one of fact for the jury. All concur. Present — Hubbs, P. J., Clark, Sears, Taylor and Sawyer, JJ.