Rumford Falls Paper Co. v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
See Sawyer v. Rumford Falls Paper Co., 90 Maine, 354. On Report. Action on a policy issued by a casualty company against employers’ liability. The case was reported by the justice of the Superior Court, for Cumberland county, and the facts will be found in the opinion of the court.
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See Sawyer v. Rumford Falls Paper Co., 90 Maine, 354. On Report. Action on a policy issued by a casualty company against employers’ liability. The case was reported by the justice of the Superior Court, for Cumberland county, and the facts will be found in the opinion of the court. The policy says in effect: I will insure you for the sum of $25,000 with the limit of $1500 for my liability for a casualty to one person, but I reserve the right and privilege to determine whether to pay you the $1500 when the casualty takes place, settling with the injured party myself, or resisting the injured…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
This is an action on a policy of insurance against “ employers’ liability,” brought to recover of the defendant company the sum of ©2763.90, being the amount of a judgment obtained against the plaintiff company by one Angus T. Sawyer as damages for an injury sustained by him while in its employment. See Sawyer v. Rumford Falls Paper Co., 90 Maine, 354.
The present action comes to this court on a report of the evidence from the Superior Court of Cumberland county.
*580In the policy declared upon in the plaintiff’s writ the defendant company agrees to indemnify the plaintiff company :
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