Insurance Companies v. Weides
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota; the case being this : C. & J. R. Weide insured in four different companies a stock of goods which they had; all the policies being alike, and each containing clauses thus: “ In case of loss the assured shall forthwith' give notice of said loss to the companies, and as soon after as possible render a particular account of such loss, signed and sworn to by them, stating whether any and what other insurance has been made…
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Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota; the case being this : C. & J. R. Weide insured in four different companies a stock of goods which they had; all the policies being alike, and each containing clauses thus: “ In case of loss the assured shall forthwith' give notice of said loss to the companies, and as soon after as possible render a particular account of such loss, signed and sworn to by them, stating whether any and what other insurance has been made on the same property, giving the actual cash value of the property, their interest therein, for what purpose and by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
It is contended in the first place, that there was error in' the court’s receiving the entry of the footings upon the flyleaf of the new ledger. It will be observed that the footings upon the fly-leaf of the ledger were not offered or received as independent evidence. They were accompanied by proof that they were correct statements of’the values of the merchandise, and that they were correctly transcribed either from the-inventory book or from the fly-leaf of‘the exhausted ledger, both of which appear to have been originals. How far papers, not evidence per sé, but proved to have been true…
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