National Union Fire Insurance v. John Spry Lumber Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oE Error to the Appellate Court for the First District; — heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. M. McEwEN, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This was a bill in equity filed by the Queen Insurance Company, the National Union Fire Insurance Company and the Virginia State Insurance Company, against the John Spry Lumber Company, in the superior court of Cook county, to reform certain insurance policies issued by said insurance companies, respectively, to said John Spry Lumber Company, because of mistakes made in the descriptions of the location of the property intended to be covered by said policies, respectively, and to enjoin the prosecution of certain actions at law which had been commenced against the said insurance companies by…
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