Bemis v. Pacific Coast Casualty Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $225 upon defendant’s policy from loss by burglary, theft or larceny of the property described.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $225 upon defendant’s policy from loss by burglary, theft or larceny of the property described. The answer alleged that defendant’s policy insured plaintiff against loss by burglary and theft of personal property belonging to him from a private residence in Cass county occupied by him, specifically denied that any personal property was feloniously abstracted from any private residence located on the premises or from any private residence occupied by plaintiff on the premises described, and alleged on information and belief that if…
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Plaintiff, a physician in St. Paul, owned a tract of land on the shores of a large lake in Cass county, this state, upon which was a log house, consisting of a kitchen and living room, used also as a bedroom. Por several seasons previous to 1910 he occupied the build*56ing as a summer home. During the summer of 1910 a son was permitted to keep at this house, for his own profit, a few boarders, who were spending vacations fishing and recuperating. Except for brief visits of a few days each, plaintiff never used the house as a dwelling during the winter months, or during early spring or late fall.…
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- Kausal v. Minnesota Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Short v. . Home Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Manchester v. . Guardian Assurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Aurora Fire & Marine Insurance v. KranichMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
- Rochester Loan & Banking Co. v. Liberty InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
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