Hahn v. Guardian Assurance Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
Multnomah County: E. D. Shattuck, Judge. This is an action brought to recover the sum of $1,000 upon a policy of fire insurance, issued by the defendant to the plaintiff upon his two-story frame building, situated in Ellensburg, in the state of Washington. The verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLord, C. J.
The facts show that on the tenth day of December, 1888, the plaintiff insured with the defendant, through its agent Henry Ackerman, the above premises against loss or damage by fire, for the period of one year, and that defendant issued to the plaintiff its policy of insurance upon the same, for which he duly paid the premium therefor at the rate of ten per cent, or one hundred dollars; that on the fourth day of July, 1889, a general conflagration occurred in Ellensburg, which destroyed a large portion of the town, including the building so insured and owned by the plaintiff; that at the time…
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