Case Name: Ernest Onetto, Respondent, v. Commercial Union Assurance Company, Limited, of London, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1915-07
Citations: 170 A.D. 932
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ernest Onetto, Respondent, v. Commercial Union Assurance Company, Limited, of London, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 170
Pages: 932–933

Head Matter:
Ernest Onetto, Respondent, v. Commercial Union Assurance Company, Limited, of London, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed and new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide event. Held, that the declarations and statements testified to by plaintiff as having been made to him by defendant's local agent, Stephens, were not admissible in the absence of evidence that said agent, Stephens, had been held out by the defendant as having authority to waive the conditions of the policy requiring the making and service oí proofs of loss. All concurred; Lambert, J., not sitting.