115 Misc. 634 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1921
The plaintiff seeks to reform a policy of accident insurance so that it will cover an automobile which has recently been in a collision. Plaintiff claims that through a mutual mistake a policy of insurance was issued to him to cover a Sandow truck, factory -No. 5092, for a term of one year, beginning November, 1918, and ending November 15, 1919. He testified that through mistake he gave the factory number of his truck as 5092, although the machine was a 1917 model, and he should have given factory No. 1280. The accident above referred to occurred on May 19, 1919, during the period the policy was in force. The defendant, the United States Casualty Company, was requested to defend the action, but-refused to do so, claiming that it had not insured the1
Judgment accordingly.