Jolly's Adm'rs v. Baltimore Equitable Society
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of covenant brought by the appellants against the appellees, the plaintiffs and defendants in the court below. The action was grounded on the policy of insurance hereinafter mentioned. The' defendants,- (now appellees,) pleaded that they had not broken the covenant, &c. on which issue was joined.
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Appeal from Baltimore County Court. This was an action of covenant brought by the appellants against the appellees, the plaintiffs and defendants in the court below. The action was grounded on the policy of insurance hereinafter mentioned. The' defendants,- (now appellees,) pleaded that they had not broken the covenant, &c. on which issue was joined. At the trial the plaintiffs, (the' Appellants,) read in evidence the acts of 1794, ch. 39, granting a charter of incorporation to the defendants, and the act of 1801, ch. 35, a supplement to the said act of incorporation.- They also offered in…
1Opinion of the CourtDorsey, J.
The Baltimore Equitable Society for Insuring Houses from loss by fire, being a private association formed by owners of houses in the city of Baltimore, by which, collectively, they agree to contribute to the payment of all losses by fire, by them individually sustained, it appears reasonable that their policies should receive a fair and liberal construction, free from all captious technical exceptions.
The strictness and nicety which have been wisely adopted in the trial of questions arising on policies of Marine Insurance are not, to their full extent, applicable to the policies of this…
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- Stetson v. Massachusetts Mutual Fire InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- Hughes v. The Union Insurance CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1818
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- Allen v. Mutual Fire InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1852