Peoria Marine & Fire Insurance v. Perkins
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay Circuit. This was an action of assumpsit, brought to recover damages on a policy issued by plaintiff in error to Messrs. Leidlein & Burger, and by them assigned to defendant in error. Defendant pleaded the general issue and gave notice of special matter. A verdict was rendered for the plaintiff below. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Graves J.
This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the county of Bay.
The suit was brought in the court below against the plaintiffs in error by Daniel W. Perkins as assignee of a policy of insurance, issued by the plaintiffs in error on the 26th day of August, 1864.
The policy was for 11,500 on a stock of boots and shoes in a building in East Saginaw, to continue from August 26, 1864, to August 26, 1865.
It provided that the application should be taken and deemed to be a warranty on the part of the assured, and should so remain during the insurance, and that it was made and accepted in…
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