White Pine Copper Co. v. Continental Insurance Co.

KENT, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the defendant’s several motions, after a determination by the jury that the defendant is liable to the plaintiff for damages, resulting from an explosion in the plaintiff’s smelter furnace, under the provisions of the policy of insurance issued by the defendant to the plaintiff.

Plaintiff is engaged in the business of mining and to some extent refining copper. Plaintiff’s smelter furnace is located in Ontonagon County, Michigan, in the Northern Division of this Court. After construction of the smelter, plaintiff was in the process of…