North American Fire Insurance v. Throop
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lenawee Circuit. This was au action of assumpsit, upon a policy of insurance, brought by George B. Throop, in the Circuit Court for the County of Lenawee, against the North American Eire Insurance Company, of the city of New York.
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Error to Lenawee Circuit. This was au action of assumpsit, upon a policy of insurance, brought by George B. Throop, in the Circuit Court for the County of Lenawee, against the North American Eire Insurance Company, of the city of New York. The amount and property insured was stated in the declaration to be: — “five hundred dollars on his three-story brick and frame building, situated on the east side of South Main street, near the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Company, in the city of Adrian, used as a steam bending factory, and two thousand five hundred dollars on lumber and…
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
This record is brought before us by writ of error for a review of certain rulings by the Circuit Court on the trial of an action upon a policy of insurance. The policy, it appears, was not produced on the trial, and was claimed to have been destroyed by the fire which burned the property insured; and parol evidence was therefore given of its contents.
The declaration averred that the insurance company, the defendants below, insured the plaintiff “against loss or *149damage by fire to the amount of three thousand dollars; that is to say: five hundred dollars on his three-story brick and frame…
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- Plumb v. . Cattaraugus Co. Mutual Insurance Company.New York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Jennings v. Chenango Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1846
- Hough v. City Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1860
- Peoria Marine & Fire Insurance v. HallMichigan Supreme Court · 1864
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