Wolverine Lumber Co. v. Palatine Insurance
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay; Shepard, J. Assumpsit by the Wolverine Lumber Company, Limited, against the Palatine Insurance Company, of London, England, on a policy of insurance. There was judgment for plaintiff on a verdict directed by the court, and defendant brings error. ’
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
The plaintiff brought suit against defendant upon a policy of insurance of $1,000 issued by it, and recovered for the full amount by direction of the court. The fire occurred on May 30, 1903, and destroyed two sheds of lumber and two cars of lumber on plaintiff’s premises in Bay City. The total loss was $11,936.29, and the total insurance, including the policy of $1,000 in suit, was $5,-214.08. The defendant claimed that the lumber burned *433was not covered by the policy, and requested the court to direct a verdict in its favor for that reason. This raised the principal question, and, so far as…
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