Kotwicki v. Thuringia Insurance
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Alpena; Emerick, J. Assumpsit by Frank Kotwicki against the Thuringia Insurance Company on a policy of insurance. From a j udgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
On the 15th of May, 1902, defendant insured plaintiff’s property against loss by fire. The policy was a Michigan standard policy. June 18, 1902, the insured property was burned. Defendant refusing to pay the insurance, plaintiff brought this suit.
It appeared from the testimony that before the fire, and after defendant insured his property, plaintiff procured thereon other insurance, and that permission to procure the same was not indorsed on or added to the policy issued by defendant. The testimony of the plaintiff, however, tended to prove that defendant’s agent who issued the policy, and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Beebe v. Ohio Farmers' InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
- Cronin v. Fire Ass'nMichigan Supreme Court · 1898
- Rediker v. Queen InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
- Walter v. Mutual City & Village Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
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