Brawn v. Lyford
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. The defendant conveyed his farm to the plaintiffs and assigned to them his interest in a policy of fire insurance to the extent of the buildings insured, reserving the insurance on the personal property covered by the policy. The defendant did not deliver the deed when it was signed but did so at his home later in the day when he received the purchase price.
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On report. The defendant conveyed his farm to the plaintiffs and assigned to them his interest in a policy of fire insurance to the extent of the buildings insured, reserving the insurance on the personal property covered by the policy. The defendant did not deliver the deed when it was signed but did so at his home later in the day when he received the purchase price. After the deed and assignment were signed, the attorney who prepared the instruments called attention to the necessity of having the consent of the insurance company to the assignment and the defendant promised to send the…
1Opinion of the CourtPeabody, J.
The defendant on the 31st day of August, 1901, conveyed to the plaintiffs his farm in St. Albans in the County of Somerset and State of Maine and assigned to them his interest in a policy of fire insurance to the extent of the buildings insured, reserving the insurance on the personal property covered by the policy.
The policy was to insure $1350 on the buildings and $450 on the personal property for a term of three years, about half of which was unexpired. The premium was $27.
The defendant did not deliver the deed when it was signed but did so at his home later in the day when he received the…
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- Fitch v. . SnedakerNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
- Estate of DuttonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
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