Merchants & Mechanics Insurance v. Schroeder

This was assumpsit upon a policy of insurance against tire. By said policy, the defendant insured the plaintiff against loss or damage by tire, to the amount of $1,000, for the term of one year from February 1, 1878, upon the following property, viz.: $200 on his building occupied by him as a planing-mill, $200 on his engine, boiler and connections, $400 on fixed and movable machinery, etc., and $200 on his stock, consisting of lumber, sash, doors, blinds, etc. On the 17th day of December, 1878, the property insured was totally destroyed by fire, the entire amount of the plaintiff’s loss…