Legal Opinion
Pake v. North German Fire Insurance
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1891Published
Demurrer.
1Opinion of the Court
*726Delusion of
Judd, C.J.
On the 3d June, 1891, the defendant issued a policy of fire insurance for $3000 to the plaintiff, running for one year. The property was destroyed by fire on the 6th. June. The plaintiff had previously taken out policies in the Royal Insurance Company and the Union Insurance Company of New Zealand for $2000 each. The policy issued by defendant contained the usual clause that it should be void “if the assured shall have or shall hereafter make any other insurance on the property hereby insured, or any part thereof, without the consent of the company written hereon.” The…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lockwood v. Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1880
- Reynolds v. . Commerce Fire Ins. Co. of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Landers v. . the Watertown Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Bridgewater Iron Co. v. Enterprise InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883