American Steam Boiler Insurance v. Chicago Sugar Refining Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Action by the Chicago Sugar Refining Company against the American Steam Boiler Insurance Company upon a policy of 'insurance. Plaintiff obtained judgment. 48 Fed. Rep. 198. Defendant brings error. Statement by BUNN, District Judge.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Action by the Chicago Sugar Refining Company against the American Steam Boiler Insurance Company upon a policy of 'insurance. Plaintiff obtained judgment. 48 Fed. Rep. 198. Defendant brings error. Statement by BUNN, District Judge. This action is brought upon a policy of insurance issued by the plaintiff in error to the defendant in error on October 18, 188!). The loss for which indemnity was claimed under the policy involved a substantial destruction of the buildings and machinery constituting the sugar…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, District Judge
The circuit court found as a conclusion that the explosion was the cause of the damage, and gave judgment in favor of the plaintiff, now the defendant in error. Counsel for plaintiff in error contest this conclusion, and, in opposition to it, make two contentions :
First. That if the disaster was caused by an accident in the general sense of that term, it was not such an accident as was insured against by the policy; that the word “accident,” as it occurs in the policy, is used subjectively, the same as the word “explosion,” and only covers accidents in the machinery, due to its own…
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