Legal Opinion

Demoranville v. Star Insurance Co. of America

Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division

Decided January 10, 1945Published

1Opinion of the CourtNash, J.

This is an action of contract based on a policy of insurance to recover the sum of $668.40' for damage done by fire to the buildings on land of the plaintiff in Freetown in said county. The answer is a general denial and also alleges fraud on the part of the plaintiff individually and by her servant and agent.

The trial judge found that the plaintiff was the owner of a lot of land in Freetown on which was> a house and woodshed and privy assessed for four to five hundred dollars; that on August 7,1939 the plaintiff increased the insurance to $1,500.00; that after 'the middle of December 1940…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Moss v. Old Colony Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
  2. Liberatore v. Town of FraminghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  3. Ashapa v. ReedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
  4. Smethurst v. Proprietors of Independent Congregational Church in Barton SquareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  5. Mucha v. Northeastern Crushed Stone Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940

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