Buchholz v. United States Fire Insurance

We do not need to consider whether, in the absence of a special contract, the plaintiff would be entitled to recover the value of the garlic destroyed by fire, in accordance with the terms of the original policy or the price at which a portion of the garlic was contracted to be sold in accordance with the terms of the rider. The parties themselves, acting under the policy, executed a written contract submitting* to appraisers the amount of the loss on terms which presumably were satisfactory to them. It is not suggested that the agreement was procured by fraud or mistake or even under a…