Imperial Fire Ins. v. Kiernan
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 67 — PETITION ORDINARY— APPEALS prom jepperson court op common pleas. 1. A special verdict must find all the essential facts. The. verdict in this case did not authorize a judgment for the plaintiff, because it. did not find any sum for which judgment should be given if the law should be found for him.
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Case 67 — PETITION ORDINARY— APPEALS prom jepperson court op common pleas. 1. A special verdict must find all the essential facts. The. verdict in this case did not authorize a judgment for the plaintiff, because it. did not find any sum for which judgment should be given if the law should be found for him. (Wait’s N. T. Annotated Code, section 260. page 464; Manning v. Monaghan, 23 N. V., 539-41; Eiseman v. Swan, 6 Bosworth, 669; L., 0. & L. E. E. Oo. v. Case, 9 Bush, 734; Walker’s American Law, pages 645-6 and note a; Oarruthers’ History of a Law Suit, page 232; Minor’s Institutes, vol. 4,…
1Opinion of the Court
■ JUDGE HOLT
delivered the opinion oe the court.
The policy of insurance issued by the appellants to the appellee, John Kiernan, was for one year from January 15, 1881, and described the property as “his two-story brick, single roof building, occupied ■ as a family residence. ”
A subsequent clause provided for its becoming void in these words: “or shall be or become vacant ■ or unoccupied without notice to and consent of these ■ companies in writing.”
When insured it was occupied as a family residence by a tenant of the appellee, and the char■acter of the house was never changed; but on November…
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- Ruhrwein v. GebhartCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
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