Legal Opinion

Vorous v. Phenix Insurance

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 31, 1899PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Door ' county: S. D. Hastings, Jb., Circuit Judge. They argued, among other things, that the provision in the policy as to a certificate was valid and binding. Gcm/on v. Dwelling House Ins. Go. 68 Wis. 510; Killips v. Putnam F. Ins. Go. 28 Wis. 412; Badger v. Glens Falls Ins. Go. 49 Wis. 889; Wright v. Hartford F. Ins.

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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Door ' county: S. D. Hastings, Jb., Circuit Judge. They argued, among other things, that the provision in the policy as to a certificate was valid and binding. Gcm/on v. Dwelling House Ins. Go. 68 Wis. 510; Killips v. Putnam F. Ins. Go. 28 Wis. 412; Badger v. Glens Falls Ins. Go. 49 Wis. 889; Wright v. Hartford F. Ins. Go. 36 Wis. 522. The standard fire policy established by ch. 381, Laws of 1895, makes the condition as to such a certificate essential, and by implication repeals ch. 124, Laws of 1893. State v. Campbell, 44 Wis. 529. The court…

1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, C. J.

This is an action on a policy of insurance issued by the defendant to the plaintiff Yorous, April 20, 1897, wherein and whereby it agreed to insure him to the amount of $750, for the term of one year, against all direct loss or damage by fire, to wit, $600 on the one-story frame building occupied by him as a general store and situate on the premises described, and $150 on counters, shelving, and safe while therein. It was therein stipulated and agreed that the loss, if any, on the building, should be payable to Joannes Bros., mortgagees, as their interest might appear. The members of that…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Dowling v. Lancashire InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Bourgeois v. Northwestern National InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State ex rel. City of Milwaukee v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Temple v. Niagara Fire InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Hill v. American Surety Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Attorney General ex rel. Michigan Lubricator Co. v. Commissioner of InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1907

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