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In re Appeal of Piedmont-Mt. Airy Guano Co.

3 B.T.A. 1009 (B.T.A. 1926)
In re Appeal of Piedmont-Mt. Airy Guano Co.

7 Cited authorities

  1. Janneck v. Met. Life Ins. Co.

    57 N.E. 182 (N.Y. 1900)   Cited 60 times
    In Janneck v. Met. Life Ins. Co. (162 N.Y. 574, 577) WERNER, J., writing for the court, stated: "Insurance contracts, above all others, should be clear and explicit in their terms.

  2. Matthews v. American Central Ins. Co.

    154 N.Y. 449 (N.Y. 1897)   Cited 50 times
    In Matthews v. American Central Insurance Co., 154 N.Y. 449, 456-57, 48 N.E. 751 (1897), the New York Court of Appeals explained that, because insurers generally prepare policies, "when the meaning is doubtful, it should be construed most favorably to the insured, who had nothing to do with the preparation thereof.

  3. Michael v. Prussian Nat. Ins. Co.

    63 N.E. 810 (N.Y. 1902)   Cited 28 times
    In Michael, the policy read "`on the use and occupancy of their property and elevator building, with boiler and engine houses attached, situate * * * in Buffalo, New York, and known as the "Dakota Elevator.

  4. Vann v. Edwards

    135 N.C. 661 (N.C. 1904)   Cited 15 times
    Defining "property" as "rightful dominion over external objects; ownership; the unrestricted and exclusive right to a thing; the right to dispose of the substance of a thing in every legal way, to possess it, to use it and to exclude every one else from interfering with it"

  5. In re Hong Wah

    82 F. 623 (N.D. Cal. 1897)   Cited 9 times

    82 F. 623 (N.D.Cal. 1897) In re HONG WAH. No. 11,360. United States District Court, N.D. California. September 7, 1897 Thos. D. Riordan, for petitioner. Chas. N. Kirkbride, for respondent. DE HAVEN, District Judge. This is a proceeding upon a writ of habeas corpus issued in behalf of one Hong Wah. The return to the writ shows that the said Hong Wah is imprisoned by the sheriff of the county of San Mateo in execution of a judgment of the recorder of the city of San Mateo convicting the said Hong Wah

  6. Tanenbaum v. Freundlich

    39 Misc. 819 (N.Y. App. Term 1903)   Cited 3 times
    In Tanenbaum v. Freundlich (Sup.Ct. N.Y. App. Term, Jan. 1903) 39 Misc. Rep. 819, 81 N.Y.S. 292, 115 N.Y. St. Rep. 292, it was held that, in determining the amount of damages occasioned an insurance broker through loss of commissions resulting from failure of defendant to take out fire insurance "to not less than the market value of the `use and occupancy' of certain property" as agreed, it was improper to permit testimony showing the net yearly profits made by defendant in his business.

  7. Tanenbaum v. Simon

    40 Misc. 174 (N.Y. App. Term 1903)   Cited 2 times

    March, 1903. Leo N. Levi (Adolph B. Rosenfield, of counsel), for appellant. Emanuel S. Cahn, for respondents. FREEDMAN, P.J. This case was tried in the court below upon an agreed statement of facts. The action is based upon a written contract, executed by the parties, which contract, among other things, provides as follows: "That the said firm of T. Tanenbaum Co. (plaintiff's assignor) is hereby authorized to and shall, as agents of the parties of the second part and for their account, procure and