Ledyard v. Hartford Fire Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. The defendant appealed from a judgment for the plaintiff. The case is stated in the opinion. [No brief filed.] cited Rowley v. The Empire Ins. Oo., 36 N. Y. 550 ; Benedict r>. The Ocean Ins. Oo., 1 Daly, 9; Beal v. Baric Ins. Oo., 16 Wis. 241; Burr r. Broadway Ins. Oo., 16 N. Y. 267; Bid-well r>. The Astor Ins. Oo., id. 263 ; Bunten v. The Oriental Ins. Oo., 8 Bosw. 448; Baptist Qhurch v. Brooklyn Ins. Oo., 28 N. Y. 161.
1Opinion of the CourtPaute, J.
This action was brought to reform a policy of insurance, and to recover on it, as reformed, for a loss. The material facts upon which it is asked to reform the instrument, are these : The plaintiff occupied rooms in the third story of the Mosher House, which was a wooden building. He had hired a room for an office in the second story of a brick building, across the road. Being about leaving town for a short time, he requested the landlord of the hotel to procure insurance for him on the furniture in his sleeping rooms in the hotel. The landlord applied to the defendant’s local agent, who went…
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