Bradbury v. Fire Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. The opinion states the cases and essential facts. It would be expected that a man having a hack would use it for funerals, weddings, going to places of entertainment generally, hotels, and, if necessary, to repair shops for temporary repairs, and that such a use would not be inconsistent with the contract of insurance. In support of this position we cite, Lyons v. Providence and Washington Insurance Co. 13 R. I. 347 ; S. C. 43 Am.
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On report. The opinion states the cases and essential facts. It would be expected that a man having a hack would use it for funerals, weddings, going to places of entertainment generally, hotels, and, if necessary, to repair shops for temporary repairs, and that such a use would not be inconsistent with the contract of insurance. In support of this position we cite, Lyons v. Providence and Washington Insurance Co. 13 R. I. 347 ; S. C. 43 Am. Rep. 32; also Holbrook v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. 25 Minn. 229. The court in this case says • "Contracts of insurance- are presumed, unless the…
1Opinion of the CourtLibbey, J.
These actions are on fire policies, and being substantially alike were tried together and come to this court in one report. The first four policies insure a certain sum on the plaintiff’s "framestable building, occupied by assured as a hack, livery and boarding stable, situated on the north side of Court street, Auburn, Maine,” and "five hundred dollars on his carriages, sleighs, hacks, hearses, harnesses, blankets, robes and whips contained therein.” The fifth does not insure the building, but insures fifteen hundred dollars on the same kinds of personal property " stored in the private…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Holbrook v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1878
- Maryland Fire Insurance v. GusdorfCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876
- McCluer v. Girard Fire & Marine Ins.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1876
- Longueville v. Western Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1879
- Everett v. Continental InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1874
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- E. H. Emery & Co. v. American InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
- Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance v. KryderIndiana Court of Appeals · 1892
- Benton v. Farmers' Mutual Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Traders Insurance v. The Northern Pacific Express Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1897
- King v. LambertLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1919