Fisher v. Merchants Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by defendant. Action on policy of fire insurance. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWiswell, C. J.
Action upon a policy of fire insurance which contained this provision: “In case of loss under this policy and the failure of the parties to agree as to the amount of loss, it is mutually agreed that the amount of such loss shall be referred to three disinterested men, the company and the insured each choosing one out of three persons to be named by the other, and the third to be selected by the two so chosen; the award in writing by a majority of the referees shall be conclusive and final upon the parties as to the amount of loss or damage, and such reference, unless waived by the parties,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hamilton v. Liverpool, London & Globe InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Hamilton v. Home InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Reed v. Washington Fire & Marine InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Uhrig v. . Williamsburgh City Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Carroll v. Girard Fire Insurance of the City of PhiladelphiaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Bernhard v. Rochester German InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- Headley v. &198tna Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1918
- First Ecclesiastical Society v. BesseSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- Grady v. Home Fire and Marine Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1906
- Sliosberg v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
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